October 17, 2007

Sexuality Survey

FORGE* needs your help! Please take our survey on sexuality online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mYuMJuTQuNxOyZFzEfwGOA_3d_3d (If you’d like us to mail you a paper copy, please contact us at the address below.)

Sexuality is an important part of many adults’ (and teens’) lives. Because trans people’s relationships with their bodies and, especially, the body parts many people associate with sexual activity, are often different from non-trans people’s, sexuality for trans people and sexual partners can present new issues, challenges, and joys.

FORGE aims to provide valuable information to a wide spectrum of individuals, including those who are transgender, significant others, friends, family, allies, professionals, and many more. Although our focus is typically geared towards FTM+/SOFFA experiences, we welcome and encourage all to respond to our surveys. This survey, for example, has many body-specific questions that were written with a transmasculine/partner focus. People who identify as MTF+ or another gender identity should feel free note differences in the numerous comments fields, as appropriate.

We have tried to write one survey that can be answered by both trans and non-trans people, by individuals who are and aren't in a relationship, by people who are partnered with trans and non-trans partners, and by people who have one or more partners. Ultimately, we need you to help us. Skip questions and/or add comments to your answers to make them fit your situation. Because some questions seem to presume you are part of a couple that has one trans and one non-trans partner, we particularly ask those in trans-trans relationships and/or polyamorous relationships to help us accurately reflect your experience by commenting on your answers.

Take the FORGE sexuality survey by going to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mYuMJuTQuNxOyZFzEfwGOA_3d_3d

The results will be published in a Connectivity newsletter later this year. FORGE took a small break from compiling our topic-centered, survey-driven Connectivity newsletters. Connectivity is a publication of FORGE which illuminates the dynamic, multifaceted, challenging, and interrelated process by which personal, interpersonal, and community growth and development occurs. It is dedicated to helping move the fragmented trans+/SOFFA communities beyond identity politics and forge a movement that embraces and empowers our diverse complexities.

We are thrilled to announce that we have three newsletters that will be available within the next six months: 1) sexuality, 2) sexual violence, and 3) the role of T in LGBT.

If you would like to be notified by email about survey results, calls for submissions for future Connectivity issues, or would like information about advertising in Connectivity, please send your email address to the contact information below.

Thanks for your participation!

michael munson

FORGE / Connectivity

PO Box 1272

Milwaukee , WI 53201

info@forge-forward.org

www.forge-forward.org

* FORGE is a progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate and advocate for the rights and lives of female-to-male transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies). FORGE is dedicated to helping move fragmented communities beyond identity politics and forge a movement that embraces and empowers our diverse complexities.