resources in response to current events
immigration:
How US Citizens can protect the immigrant community from the deportation force
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Know Your Rights: Expedited Removal Expansion
MIRA Coalition — Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition
International Institute of New England
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center
trans rights:
A4TE Trans Survival Guide (for learning more about ways to protect oneself legally as a Trans person)
A4TE: Advocates for Trans Equality
Erin in the Morning Substack (an incredible trans journalist analyzing trans legislation and news)
Lambda Legal: Know Your Rights page
Mass Transgender Political Coalition (Massachusetts)
community supports
Good Queers News’s Guide to Building Community (a great Substack!)
Translate Gender (based in MA)
T4T Caregiving (post-op caregiving by trans caregivers)
Wildflower Alliance (Western MA)
New Hampshire Transgender Resources
211 (get connected to local community supports)
tools & worksheets
How to Prepare for Your First Visit Home for the Holidays After Transitioning
EFT (tapping, with video)
How Stress Impacts Black Women and 10 Tips to Take Control
Finch: self-care pet (daily journal and habit tracker)
Psych Med Safety (a quick guide to psychiatric medications made by a psychiatrist)
Article on “parentified” children
Remember “RAIN” for when you feel overwhelmed
How to practice mindfulness meditation
Bipolar Creatives Daily Planner
Feeling overwhelmed? Do an audit of your brain’s real estate
Forest (help for focus and phubbing)
Scrolling, but make it creative
The Difference Between Stress and Burnout
Coping when your therapist is on vacation
My Therapy Cards (resource specifically for Black folks and other people of color)
BuddhaWord meditation app (started by professors at Lesley University!)
How to postpone your worries and accompanying tracker
Informative book recs for autistic children, teens, and adults
Books, podcasts, and other resources on polyamory from Michelle Hy of Polyamorous While Asian
Bedroom advocacy worksheet from The Expansive Group
Have ADHD and considering quitting your job?
The important deeper ways to self-care
Distractions to avoid non-suicidal self-injury
Cognitive distortions and an automatic thought record
Panic Attack or Anxiety? How to Tell the Difference