Daily Archives: March 15, 2017

A two-spirit doctor takes on transgender health.

18 hours ago

The Makokis Method involves getting to know patients over multiple visits, instead of providing an immediate diagnosis.

"There’s an assessment process," he said. He'll ask those who come to see him about their families, their hobbies, where they grew up, the pronouns they want to be called by, their future plans.

"We spend quite a significant amount of time going over their gender history and their sexuality history as well," he said. "That's where the confirmation usually comes out of." ... See MoreSee Less

newsinteractives.cbc.ca

James Makokis--A Cree, two-spirit doctor in Alberta--is earning praise from across the country and beyond for his unique approach to transgender health care.

11 Podcasts Hosted By Therapists That Can Help Up Your Self-Care Game

Umbrella Mental Health Network shared a link.

2 days ago

bustle.com

Sometimes you could use the guidance of someone with an actual background in mental health, but you don't really need to get your booty in a therapist's chair. Luckily there are plenty of mental health professionals who have taken their expertise…

The Daily Realities of Being Fat, Black, and Queer in Public Spaces

3 days ago

"It is possible to eradicate anti-fatness in every way, and non-fat people can work to do so on many levels. If a fat person is being berated in public, step in and ask if they are okay. When someone makes a fat joke, stop them and tell them why those jokes are not funny. Don’t tokenize and fetishize your fat friends, and don't force your fat friends to do something they don't want to. Listen when fat people talk about our struggles, but don’t put the burden on us to be the only ones constantly speaking out against anti-fat oppression. Be mindful of the fact that anti-fatness is systemic and cultural: it is both the doctor denying fat people proper healthcare and the thin person making jokes about fat people. Don't dichotomize fatness or place fat people in binaries. Fatness is a spectrum and no one fat body type is "better" than another." ... See MoreSee Less

them.us

Fatphobia — be it cultural, interpersonal, or systemic — is a pervasive problem.

Dissociating When Triggered by Intimacy: A Guide to Check In, When Checking Out

4 days ago

Content warning: dissociation, sexual assault, and victim blaming/shaming/socialization.

A great resource about dissociation & intimacy!
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"I was socialized to not speak up or explore dissociation as a part of my person, or the events that would lead me to being triggered. However, I now am taking my lived experiences, healing from them, and shedding the old skin of who I was socialized to be." ... See MoreSee Less

restforresistance.com

Dissociation makes perfect sense when folks have constantly been abused, silenced, socialized a particular way, oppressed, and constantly have had boundaries broken, or don’t even know what their boundaries are.

5 days ago

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