“Self-care” has become a loaded term in mainstream culture today, and often calls to mind things like bubble baths, spa days, and shopping trips—ways to allegedly decrease your stress by taking a break from it all or indulging in guilty pleasures. But for folks who...
None of us appreciates a traffic jam, which are all too frequent occurrences with driving, biking, walking or rolling. That’s why there are a growing number of apps and websites that can alert us to traffic problems and allow us to choose alternate routes. One such...
In late June, 2017, the military was still negotiating exactly when it will begin welcoming in new military members who are transgender (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/23/military-chiefs-want-6-month-hold-on-transgender-enlistments.html). At the same time,...
Ever heard of the Holstee Manifesto? It’s a bit commercialized, but there’s also something powerful about it. Holstee’s founders created it as their company’s mantra in case they ever got stuck in their work or “found themselves living according to someone else’s...
Ryan Sallans (www.ryansallans.com), author of “Second Son: Transitioning Toward My Destiny, Love and Life” spoke at a FORGE event on February 27th, 2017. Sallans read from his book and took questions from the audience. His book covers an array of topics and issues...
There are few books that explicitly address the sexual assault of transgender and non-binary people, which makes Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement stand out. That does not mean this is a must-read for all trans sexual...