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Linda Wesp

Trans Health & Wellness: Linda Wesp, FNP-C [Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

...A Conversation with Linda Wesp, FNP-C, APNP, AAHIVS   Please join us for a conversation with Linda Wesp, family nurse practitioner from the Greater Milwaukee Center for Health and Wellness, Inc (gmchealth.org) on Sat. July 21st from 2-4PM at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center (1110 North Market Street, Second Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53202). Linda will share some general info about health and wellness and the latest research about gender affirming hormones, as well as talk about various national and international protocols and guidelines that currently inform trans health care. Linda Wesp FNP-C, APNP is a family nurse practitioner who has worked in community-based health care settings with LGBTQ populations for over 15 years, with a focus on trans health. She currently works at the Greater Milwaukee Center for Health and Wellness, where she provides gender affirming hormones, HIV management, PrEP, and general primary care. Prior to returning to Milwaukee in 2015, she worked at Howard […]

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

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Balancing Yin and Yang: Chinese Medicine for Trans People [Sept Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

This talk will focus on how the body is viewed through the lens of Chinese medicine. Kellen will explain the concepts of yin, yang, qi and blood, and will describe how those aspects of the body change during different parts of the transition process. Acupuncture and herbal medicine help the body adjust more smoothly to hormones and surgeries, and learning the basics of the foundational theories behind Chinese medicine can increase self-awareness and self-care. Bio: Kellen is a non-binary trans acupuncturist at North Node Clinic - a holistic health clinic they co-own with Ellice Plant. In addition to acupuncture and herbal medicine, they use techniques including moxibustion, cupping, and gua sha. They are passionate about LGBTQI competent health care and are committed to maintaining a practice that is affordable and accessible with a mission of creating anti-racist and anti-classist space.

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

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October [Monthly Community Meeting] — Inclusion Clinic

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Froedtert’s LGBTQ Inclusion Clinic Comes to FORGE You’ve been asking for it, and now it’s here! The Inclusion Health Clinic – an LGBTQ-specific health center through Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin – is now open. Three providers from the Inclusion Health Clinic will be the speakers at the FORGE monthly meeting on October 20, 2018, sharing the unique opportunities the Inclusion Health Clinic offers the LGBTQ community by providing LGBTQ-affirming and -knowledgeable health care. In addition to providing comprehensive primary and preventive care for the LGBTQ community, the Inclusion Health Clinic offers OB/GYN care, HIV services and prevention, psychiatric care, and transgender-specific services, including hormone therapy. Attend and learn more about the Clinic, as well as have ample opportunity to ask questions. Our guests will be: Andrew Petroll, MS, MD – Medical Director of the Inclusion Health Clinic. Dr. Petroll is an Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease specialist offering HIV care, HIV Pre-exposure […]

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

November [Monthly Community Meeting]

FORGE / MKE LGBT CC 1110 N Market Street, 2nd Floor, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Save the date!  More information posted soon! Partnering with Milwaukee Pride, November 17, 2018's event will be a Stonewall Stage Talk, featuring conversations with Monica Roberts. Monica Ris an African-American blogger, writer, and transgender rights advocate. She is the founding editor of TransGriot, a blog focusing on issues pertaining to transgender women of color.

Parents of trans kids support group

MKE Parents of Trans Kids is a group of parents and caregivers supporting each other on our individual journeys of love, acceptance, and advocacy for our school-aged gender non-binary, transgender and non-conforming children. We meet monthly on the 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. Supportive, gently facilitated meetings offer parents and adult family members the opportunity to share their successes, concerns, and stories of challenges and resilience. This space also provides a forum to learn from others, ask questions, seek feedback, or just listen. Childcare can be provided upon request. Please contact us 10 days prior to the meeting so we can arrange for a sitter. For additional information, email us at parents@forge-forward.org.

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018

UWM-Bolton Hall 3210 N Maryland Ave, Bolton Hall Room 150, Milwuakee, WI, United States

Please join FORGE and our community partners in an evening of remembering, honoring, connecting & healing with special guest speaker Monica Roberts. Monica Roberts, AKA the TransGriot (Gree-oh), is a native Houstonian, GLAAD award winning blogger, writer, and award winning trans human rights advocate. She’s the founding editor of TransGriot, and her writing has appeared at the Bilerico Project, Ebony.com, The Hungton Post and the Advocate. She works to foster understanding and acceptance of trans people inside and outside communities of color. Among her many honors are the Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award, and the Robert Coles Call of Service Award.   Sun, November 18, 2018 • 7:00 PM University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee | Bolton Hall | Room 150 3210 N Maryland Ave | Milwaukee, WI 53211   RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/185368462348096/   Community Partners • ACLU - Wisconsin • Alverno College • City of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission • Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division - Community Access to Recovery […]