Games to actively help trans people during trans awareness week, from the Action for Trans Health Bundle
It’s trans awareness week, a time of year when trans people work extra hard for visibility, civil rights, and access to necessary medical care. Media coverage during this week risks recapitulating the same tired old stories about famous trans people, without necessarily increasing awareness of the challenges that trans people face, and without doing much to elevate the voices of trans people with intersecting oppressions.
The Action for Trans Health bundle is an example of trans people and allies getting together to create art work that expresses a part of the trans experience. Based on the theme of “waiting”, people have made small games and other art works about being made to wait for health care, for justice, for the effects of treatment to develop so that you can finally feel comfortable in your skin. The money raised goes directly to help trans people to campaign, advocate, and fund better health care.
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Sugarquest
SUGARQUEST is a fairy tale with LGBT themes and characters.Princess Amarah is waiting for true happiness, but can her knight deliver such a thing?
Please note that this is a very early alpha preview, but everyone who purchases this game as part of the #onedayjam2016 bundle will later receive the complete game free of charge.
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Anatomy
Anatomy is a simple game about understanding your gender identity. You can play it by yourself or with others, with or without a computer. It takes a little discipline, but who knows? You might even learn something about yourself.Download a PDF file with the rules, and play for as long as you dare.
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The Action for Trans Health NHS interim protocol guide
What is it really like to transition on the NHS? What are the guidelines, and what's involved in getting those guidelines to be respected? Action for Trans Health have produced a guide for trans people and their advocates, to help people to be empowered with knowledge as they navigate the NHS's series of often punishing trials.[/su_column][/su_row]
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[su_note note_color="#ed4039" text_color="#032938"]All of these are available as part of the Action for Trans Health bundle, a time-limited opportunity to pay what you can for 17 items and raise money to help transgender people.
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