Shooting 101
I partook in a class about, well, shooting guns. It'd been in the back of my mind for quite some time now, and I've finally stopped putting it off. Saturday found me at 9:05 AM bundled up but ready to listen and take a lot
Topic
self-defense
A collection of 3 issues
Notes from the FORGE
Last month, I participated in a self-defense and empowerment course hosted by the FORGE organization. Not only is it becoming increasingly unsafe for queer people (especially queer people of color, and especially trans people of color)... the shit I pull riling up dorks on Facebook is not a great idea
Bill of Rights
For our self-defense class with Forge, our homework was to create our own personal Bill of Rights-- we go over techniques to create and enforce our boundaries. Here's a rough draft of what I have, via alphabetical order. I jotted down the first thing that came to mind,
