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March 31st is International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), a day observed each year to celebrate the contributions of trans people to our lives and to our culture. International TDOV was founded in 2009 by US trans advocate Rachel Crandall in response to the overwhelming…

March is Women’s History month, it’s a time to acknowledge and celebrate ALL women & femmes. And it is a good time to remind everyone that if your feminism isn’t intersectional & trans inclusive, then you are supporting an inherently racist, classist, transphobic form of…

Every once in a while I like to jump on here and introduce myself for anyone new who might be following. My name is Dr. Colette Lord, and my clients call me Colette. I am a licensed psychologist with nearly 20 years of experience doing…

As February is Black History month, I wanted to reiterate a few things I have said in the past that bear repeating: Black Lives Matter movement Black Trans Lives Matter Black history is American History I acknowledge I have unearned privilege because of my skin…

Last year I attended a Social Justice Summit hosted by the Trauma Research Foundation. At one point, attendees were asked wat hope meant to them and these are some of the responses: · Hope is a lifeline when desperation surrounds me. · Hope is not…

Given what I do and who I work with, I think a lot about mental health, healing and trauma and the role that society plays in all of this. And something that gets clearer and clearer to me with each passing year is how unwell…