Health Liberation Now! is excited to share an exclusive profile of our advocacy work in Xtra Magazine. Written by Misha Falk, a freelance writer and community organizer from Winnipeg, the piece guides readers through the formation of HLN and the complexities of navigating experiences with de/retransition and conversion practices in a hostile, anti-trans political climate. Falk shines a light on our hopes and dreams for a world with more equitable care for all trans, detrans, and gender diverse people.
“We both definitely think there needs to be more support for survivors of conversion practices, especially resources specifically aimed at trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people,” Schevers says. HLN wants to provide a place for de/re/trans people to discuss these experiences in a truly supportive environment. Further plans are in the works for HLN to start their own support group or healing space for people to talk about complicated experiences of transition and/or of surviving conversion practices.
We are enormously grateful to both Falk and Xtra Magazine for choosing our project to feature! Read the article in full here.