When I was in Kansas City last week one of my sessions was geared toward emerging issues in forensic healthcare. I was asked to speak on the topic, and while I understand that the request was geared more towards a “specific populations and circumstances” kind of talk, I decided to take it in a slightly [...]

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The Fenway Institute’s National LGBT Health Education Center is offering a webinar May 22nd at 2pm ET, Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Considerations, Suggestions and Resources. Information after the jump:

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No articles to recount this week–I spent Mother’s Day thoroughly engaged with my family to the exclusion of all things media-related. So a quick post about an upcoming webinar on a topic not widely covered: FORGE is offering a session, Disability and Transgender Survivors: Empowering Providers Who Work with Multiply Marginalized Populations. It will be [...]

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There have been several published summaries and overviews of the specifics in the recent VAWA reauthorization (PDF). For those of you with questions, here are a few resources to check out:

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Last month the CDC released the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation. I was remiss in not posting this sooner, but it’s certainly worth your time. This is the first set of national prevalence data looking at sexual violence and IPV by sexual orientation, and the results are sadly not [...]

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Don’t Be That Guy

February 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to our friend Sheila for sending over the link to the new round of “Don’t Be That Guy” posters from Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton. I really like this campaign and appreciate that attention is paid to same sex violence, as well. You can check out all of the posters from both the 1st [...]

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Mark your calendar: the inaugural Forensic Journal Club is coming up 12 February. Find all the information you need to participate here. FORGE is offering a webinar on February 14th: Creating a Trans-Welcoming Environment. It will be held from 2-3:30pm CST. This is a great one to attend–it will provide concrete action steps to make sure [...]

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I am a bit late on getting an Articles of Note post up, but hopefully what I lack in timeliness I make up for in volume. There’s some really interesting research to be found in the current journals, so I encourage you to peruse the list and see what looks relevant to your practice. Not [...]

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Time once again for this month’s Articles of Note, a review of some of what has caught my eye from the recently published peer-reviewed literature. Please keep in mind this is not exhaustive, just some of what I am currently reading this month. You’ll note that there are several free full-text articles in this month’s [...]

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It’s hard to believe that in less than a week I will be heading to Puerto Rico for the 2012 IAFN Annual Scientific Assembly. I am so excited to see friends and colleagues, and this year’s sessions are going to be pretty fantastic. As always, please come find me and say hello. I will be [...]

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