I occassionally volunteer for a local community kitchen that provides a weekly dinner to street involved transsexuals. So it came to no surprise to me that homeless women are more often sexually assaulted then homeless men, though I suspect that this study did not involve a single transwoman (if it did, she/they were rendered totally invisible by ( Read more... )

I feel the need to talk about this because I don't think there really has been much discussion on women dealing with mental illness. Here's a link to the World Health Organization that contains some basic facts about mental illness and gender: http://www.who.int/ ( Read more... )

Is there anything special that boosts your self esteem, makes you remember your unique-ness and the power you posess as an individual? I'd like to hear your stories if you'd like to share (hope this is OK with the mods, if not feel free to remove).

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I'm beginning to feel really irritated by the US centrism in this community, and I bet I'm not the only one.

( Cut in case this gets long. )

speaking of tv shows doing weird things ( Read more... )