Every year, FORGE has a t-shirt design contest to create that year’s Pride shirt for volunteers and staff.  They are always unique, colorful, fun, and trans-specific. Would you like a shirt from a prior year?  We have many still available.  Let us know your size and we’ll link you up with a design we have…

Are you missing FORGE’s button-making table at Pride this year?  We are too! We’ll send you a grab bag full of fun trans+ buttons for a donation to our trans-in-need fund. Price includes shipping.  All money goes to support trans+ folks who are struggling during the COVID pandemic.  FORGE supports trans+ community members with food,…

FORGE conducted a statewide community needs assessment in 2019 and 2020 to learn more about the experiences and needs of Wisconsin’s transgender/non-binary community. Survey data were collected online and in-person at Milwaukee’s 2019 PrideFest and in the months following. Participants consisted of 523 survey respondents who completed the Wisconsin Transgender/Non-binary Community Needs Assessment. Respondents were…

Superheroes wear masks to protect their communities About the Contest FORGE’s 2020 T-Shirt design contest theme is “Superheroes!” During this time of COVID-19, so many people are working tirelessly for their communities, including healthcare workers, food service workers, those offering social services, and community advocates and activists. Let’s celebrate everything they do to protect us!…

About the Contest This year’s FORGE annual coloring page design contest theme is “Summer Blossoms: A Time to Cultivate New Growth.” We are living through a historic time that has required us to change our daily lives and routines. We can approach these changes – along with the arrival of summer – as an opportunity…

June 2, 2020 FORGE Aligns in Solidarity with Black and Brown Communities FORGE joins with many others across the country and world to express our deep pain about continued violence and other systemic injustices directed at Black and Brown people. George Floyd is one of too many Black and Brown individuals who have lost their…

Please donate your hotel points, timeshare points, airline miles and loyalty rewards to FORGE. We can use them to secure safe hotel rooms for survivors in need.

Trans and non-binary community members in the Milwaukee area… Sign up for support: https://forge.tips/39TJWbY We care about you. We know that many people are feeling challenged and stressed during this time of social distancing. Many of us are working from home or caring for children who are out of school, staying home because of health…

Trans and non-binary community members, friends, family, loved ones and allies in the Milwaukee area… [Sign up to help today!  https://forge.tips/3aTsoMY ] Some of us are feeling helpless in these difficult times of coping with the COVID-19 virus, and many of us don’t know what we can do to help. FORGE and ZAO MKE Church…

If you keep up with FORGE Outdoors activities on Facebook or the forge-wi.org webpage, you may have noticed our upcoming event: “Labyrinth Walk at Alice’s Garden.” Walking the labyrinth comes from a tradition of walking meditation and mindfulness. What is walking meditation, and why should you give it a try? Walking meditation is an important…