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Improving the lives of trans survivors since 1994 through empowering providers and connecting survivors to healing possibilities.

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We have a new guest post up on the Trans Survivors blog! "Love Letters" by Dean Robert Holmes explores ways that we communicate and experience connection and desire. Read the full blog post at forge.tips/love-letters-blog!
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Today is the first day of Creating Change! Come find FORGE in the exhibit area and presenting on IPV and Authoritarianism on Thursday, January 22nd. Find out more at forge.tips/cc26!
January 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Trans Survivors issue #5 is open for submissions! We welcome submissions of art and writing from trans and nonbinary youth under 25. Submissions might focus on experiences as a young trans person, growth, imagining the future, healing, or resilience. forge.tips/submit
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“No one is a burden; everyone deserves to love and be loved” - Eli Fitzgerald, Youth and LGBTQ+ Project Coordinator at Positively UK (@positivelyuk.bsky.social) #TransSurvivors #TransCommunity
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
From the WA Immigrant Solidarity Network: "Human trafficking risks are often heightened by poverty, unstable housing, language, cultural barriers, discrimination, and vulnerabilities tied to immigration status — conditions that traffickers exploit to manipulate, control, and coerce victims.
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Will you be at Creating Change this January 21st-25th? Join Caleb and Emil from FORGE for a presentation on Intimate Partner Violence and Authoritarianism in trans communities. Learn more about creating change at forge.tips/cc26!
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Did you know that 9 out of 10 trans/nonbinary people have experienced technology-facilitated abuse? Often, technology-facilitated abuse is a part of stalking victimization. Learn more at forge.tips/cyber-abuse
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Trans and nonbinary youth: we want to hear from you! For this issue of the Trans Survivors Zine, we invite submissions from trans and nonbinary youth age 24 and younger. Find full submission guidelines at forge.tips/submit! #TransSurvivors #TransWriters #TransArtists #TransYouth
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Come find FORGE at Creating Change this year, Jan 21st-25th! We'll be tabling in the exhibit area and presenting on IPV and Authoritarianism. Find out more at forge.tips/cc26!
January 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
If you're wondering how your agency can become more welcoming to trans survivors, check out this webinar! There are free and easy steps that every agency can take to show trans and nonbinary survivors that they belong. Find out more at forge.tips/becoming-a-trans-welcoming-agency
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"Community is the cure. They’re trying to divide and conquer, but we’re stronger together." - Bo

#TransSurvivors #Transgender #NonBinary #TransJoy
January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
How can you support LGBTQ+ stalking victims? FORGE and SPARC have collaborated to create an in-depth publication for victim advocates, service providers, survivors, and loved ones. forge.tips/stalking-guide
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
As we start the new year, we are reminded of all the strength, advocacy, and support shared within trans communities. "I wake up everyday with unending gratitude for being trans. Unending gratitude for my queer and trans communities." - Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio.bsky.social)
January 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
New relationships can reshape our understandings of our pasts. For our last contributor highlight from Issue #4 of the Trans Survivors Zine, we're excited to share Naina's "i walk back through your past to hold your hand in the dark and kiss your bruises." Read the full poem at forge.tips/zine!
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
For so many trans folks, it's important that we see the possibilities ahead of us for healthy and loving relationships. Samuel-Michael's "Prince on Ice" considers how and what we reveal about our histories, and the vulnerability of being seen and received. Read the full piece: forge.tips/zine
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
From all of us at FORGE, we're wishing you a restful start to the new year. Not all of us have choice in how we spend the holidays. Visiting family, or being in unsupportive environments, can take a toll on us. Wishing ease and healing for all of us who need it in the new year!
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes the connections we form with our community are less visible to others - underground, carefully-held, and built through and in spite of traumatic experiences. Find Caz Shegogue's "communing" in the relationships issue of the Trans Survivors Zine, at forge.tips/zine!
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trans Survivors Issue #4 explores relationships of all kinds, including ways that intimacy becomes complicated by identity and our experiences of our bodies. We love the way Dex's "Dick Under Duct Tape" captures the boundaries we create to protect ourselves. Read the full poem: forge.tips/zine
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"I love how our community finds ways to protect each other." Find Kipp at @sharks-treasures.bsky.social and the full zine at forge.tips/zine!

#TransSurvivors #TransArtists #TransPoets #T4T
December 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Imagining is a powerful tool for creating the spaces and communities we want to live in. niko's poem "i want" makes desires for interpersonal and larger-scale change simple. Read the full poem in Issue #4 of the Trans Survivors Zine at forge.tips/zine!
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lambda Legal (@lambdalegal.org) collected and shared messages of hope for trans youth. Margaret from California says, "Trans existence is a beautiful thing." Find the other messages at www.instagram.com/p/DRKrpIPikU...
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We love the way Blue Midnight Canis's poem, "Skinner Box," makes the trajectory of a relationship into something tangible, the way that seeking connection and care slowly returns abuse. Read the full poem at forge.tips/zine and connect with Blue Midnight Canis at @azurebitch.bsky.social!
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
About his piece, "Mementos From Our Last Night," Noah shares: "This painting is an expression of pain, created shortly after Noah got out of xyr abusive relationship. Despite the reminders of trauma there is light coming through the storm clouds." forge.tips/zine

#TransSurvivors #TransArtists
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Jackson Fortner Hill's "Damn The Roses" explores the complexity of remembering in the aftermath of a relationship. Find the full poem in Issue #4 of the Trans Survivors Zine, at forge.tips/zine

#TransSurvivors #TransPoets
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Issue #4 of the Trans Survivors Zine explores relationships in all their forms. Oliver Chapman's "Wedding Bells" captures the depth of emotion when queer love and connection are expressed and honored. Read the zine: forge.tips/zine

#TransSurvivors #TransArtists
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM