Our articles that specifically address the LGBTQIA+ community, the latter being an acronym that stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and other (plus) identities.
In this article, we take a look at the role of Chest Massage and Breast Massage in relation to so-called Top Surgery. Mind that Top Surgery is about either removing or augmenting breast tissue and [ Read more … ]
Gender Affirming Surgery — also called Sex Reassignment Surgery or Gender Confirmation Surgery — is a surgical procedure (or a range of surgical procedures) that aim(s) at changing a person’s physical appearance and sexual characteristics [ Read more … ]
Chest Binding, also called Breast Binding, is typically thought of as a gender-affirming practice used to compress or flatten chest tissue (usually the breasts) to make a person’s chest look flatter. Even though Chest Binding [ Read more … ]
In this post, we discuss how the Reproductive Justice Movement and Doula work relate to each other. The term Reproductive Justice came about as a combination of two words taken from Reproductive Rights and Social [ Read more … ]
Transgender Transition Doulas, also called Gender Doulas or Transition Doulas, and not to be confused with Life Transition Doulas, are Doulas who provide non-medical trauma-informed and non-judgmental emotional, educational, informational, physical, advocacy and practical support [ Read more … ]
LGBTQ+ Doulas usually work as a Community-Based Full-Spectrum Doula being skillful in serving people who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community, that is, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Plus (LGBTQ+) community. [ Read more … ]
Apart from giving informational, educational, physical, and emotional support to their clients, a very important role of Doulas is intentional and nonjudgmental advocacy for their clients. The term advocacy can be defined as supporting, pleading, [ Read more … ]
Usually, Doulas work specifically for one party (for instance, for a pregnant woman, a couple that wants children, or for an elderly person), but Adoption Doulas can be seen from two different point of views. [ Read more … ]
Having a companion or coach who provides support to a pregnant and birthing woman is a practice that goes back to ancient times, which is evidenced by archeological findings and anthropological studies. Moreover, the role [ Read more … ]
Intra-Oral Massage, also written Intraoral Massage, is a therapeutic massage modality that’s most specifically aimed at alleviating or curing TMJ Dysfunction, although people also undergo the treatment for reduction of facial and neck tensions, improvement [ Read more … ]