Contents

 

Foreword

Reina Gossett

 

Introduction

Jennifer Patterson

 

 

Redefining

Fluctuations in Voice: A Genderqueer Response to Traumatic Violence

River Willow Fagan

 

Removing the Mask: AfroLez®femcentric Silence Breaker

Aishah Shahidah Simmons

 

Beyond the Binaries: Exclusive Dichotomies in the Anti-Sexual Violence Movement

Rousse Arielle

 

Queers Don't Do Sexual Violence, Do We?

Sandra Dickson

 

Mother -Daughter Sexual Abuse

Pam Mack

 

Infinity & the Construction of Safe Space

Samantha Barrick

 

Sweet Release: BDSM and Healing

Sinclair Sexsmith

 

Queering Healthy Sexuality

Emilee Coulter-Thompson

 

Welcome Effects: When Sexual Violence Turns Girls Queer

Jen LaBarbera 

Reclaiming

 

Fuck Off

Anonymous

 

Page by Page

Scott Merillat

 

Two Poems

Bushra Rehman

 

These Bones

Jennifer Patterson

 

When Your Rape Doesn't Count

Sean Shannon

 

Now Is the Time to Speak Out

Nitika Raj

 

A Life of Healing

Mikaya Heart

 

Generations: Three Pieces

Angie River

 

Picture Perfect

E.F. Schraeder

 

Hands

Chelsey Clammer

Resisting

 

No Means No

Kari Krome

 

Pussy in Chains

Michelley Queen of Queens

 

The Healing Journey as a Site of Resistance

billie rain

 

Phases

Clay River

 

The Long Drive Home

Keiko Lane

 

Compassion and Glitter

Chloe Dzubilo

 

Questions and Answers

Avory Faucette

 

Through a Queer Lens: Challenging Our Heteronormative Response to Women's Intimate Partner Violence

Peri L. Rainbow

 

innocence.

Xiomara Castro 

Reimagining

 

Queering Child Sexual Abuse

Amita Yalgi Swadhin

 

All That Sheltering Emptiness

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

 

Holding the Pattern While Living Our Truth: Ida Hammer Speaking on Violence Against Trans Women, as told to Reina Gossett

Ida Hammer and Reina Gossett

 

Healing Queer: Story-telling, Self-determination, and Child Sexual Abuse

Caroline Picker

 

Reflections of a Black Queer Suicide Survivor

Darnell L. Moore

 

Notes from the Domestic Violence Casebook: Oppression of Queer Clients by Queer Service Providers

Giselle Renarde

 

Not a Good Survivor

Sassafras Lowrey

 

My Justice Is Her Justice: Toward a New Vision of Survivorhood

Katherine Scott Nelson