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www.Forbes.com by Dawn Ennis Contributor June 15, 2019
The American Medical Association is taking a public stand to stem what it calls “the epidemic of violence against the transgender community, especially the amplified physical dangers face…
www/pornhub.com
an interesting article on the search frequency of trans related terms on Pornhub. Shows a marked difference by age with men over 45, the most likely.
Over the last few years, our statisticians have noticed a significant increase…
A pretty positive mental health checkup for Trans people and Workplace … will take you less than 2 mins to read!
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Hi! I’m Jennifer (PhD btw, but who cares!) I’m a trans woman who has a PhD in sociology and psycho-blah blah blah…
May 9, 2017 by The Associated Press
Mayo Clinic says its surgeons have performed the first gender reassignment surgery in Rochester.
Doctors helped Michael Keller of Rochester transition to Marisa Ann Bella in a nearly six-hour procedure. The 19…
Editor (Pam) – this idea appeals to me on many levels. First and foremost, the idea of a semicolon as a metaphor for transition. Two parts of our lives, separate but related.
The other common thread is the idea of a semicolon as a promise that some…
Michelle Peterson – August 2016
My friend Jeff recently shared an important piece of wisdom about graduating from addiction treatment: “Life has not been what I expected it to be when I got out — in a very beautiful way.”
It’s true. When I was us…
by Patricia Sarmiento – June 21, 2016
3 Challenges of Battling Addiction in the LGBTQA Community
If you or a loved one is a member of the LGBTQA community and is also battling addiction, you’re acutely aware of the challenges you face in achievin…
-Jennifer Carron is a transgendered woman of 12 years. She is a Critical Incident and Immediate Intervention Counselor. She specializes in short term, focused interventions and obstacle planning for the transgendered, as well as conflict management and…
(Editor/Pam – This organization is new to me, the links are legit and useful.)
The PublicHealthCorps team is working on expanding their site’s content collection in order to offer more resources that support the overall health and wellness of the LGBT…
-Jennifer Carron is a transgendered woman of 12 years. She is a Critical Incident and Immediate Intervention Counselor. She specializes in short term, focused interventions and obstacle planning for the transgendered, as well as conflict management and victimization risk assessment.
“The Notion of No”
I would like to talk to you about no. Not as in the word no, but the notion of no. The reason why, is that this is a powerful emotion.
I want you to think back to the first time you were told no. You won’t remember the word, but you know the feeling. Of being put in the one down position, not the one up position. We all want to be in the one up position, but it isn’t going to happen all the time. That’s a reality and you can thank your animal instincts for that. We are still humans, we are affected by
emotions. Hesitance happens, thats natural, it gives us a chance to step aside and think of our next response, but we are driven by our reaction to ‘no’.
Let me take you down a trip on memory lane. Our planet’s memory lane, our own species memory lane. The good thing to know is that, after the billions of years we have been on this planet, the notion of no, is not a new thing. The basic chemicals did it first, they resisted each other in certain ways, they established a code of conduct, if you will. We carry that in our hearts to this day. We have seen, and its a curious thing to take into consideration, that we continually place each other in the one up, and one down position.
Why is this such a strong emotion for the transgendered? Popular beliefs are that we have these silent arguments in our heads everyday, about the notion of no. And we are pretty good at beating outselves up over an issue that really wasn’t an issue.
One of my favorite exercises is to show a group a card, one side is light, one side is dark. I show them the light side, and I tell them that the card that I am showing them is dark. And of course, they disagree, but I hold my stand, and I tell them that the card is dark. Usually some form of aggression happens and the group mentality goes into mob mentality. And of course, it forces my hand to show them that the side that I was looking at was dark, and they saw the light side.
The point of this exercise, its a moment of realization, that something so simple can cause so much strife. When I show them that the card has two colors, we always have this moment of realization that all of us were wrong. But I was in the one up position, because I knew the exercise, but that didn’t make me feel any better when the group becomes furious that I am saying that the card I see is dark.
What does this all mean? There must be some sense to everything. Well, you’re in luck, there is. We have things like validation, acceptance, there’s courage. The fiercest in the family of lions can be knocked down in a moment. So the one up position isn’t so coveted, its protected. But it can change in an instant. That’s where I mean that the notion of no
actually has some meaning, its got some guts to it. ‘No’ is an opportunity for us to evaluate. When we hear no, its not a finality, its a chance to back up one step, and have another look at what just happened.
-Jenn
PS: Editor (Pam): I posted this article because of chat. I see this all the time, a comment is misunderstood, taken the wrong way, was meant as humor but taken as serious, etc., and feelings are hurt, unkind words are said, people get angry. As Jenn points out “When we hear