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An Introduction to Transgender People: National Center for Transgender Equality

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

We have therapists at this service with experience working with transgender people* – and in this culture that work inevitably tends to include experiences of bigotry, discrimination, othering, intrusive behaviour, false assumptions and generalisations…the list goes on. Their clients’ … Continue reading →

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The Election: Of Hate, Grief, and a New Story – Charles Eisenstein

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

The Election: Of Hate, Grief, and a New Story Click on the link to visit Charles’ website and read this essay. In the writer’s view, Charles is one of the visionaries and big thinkers of our time, because he speaks … Continue reading →

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Elie Wiesel on oppression and neutrality

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are … Continue reading →

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Attorney General Lynch & the ‘bathroom law’

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Seems a good day to post this. For those not following the story, North Carolina’s infamous ‘Bathroom law’ – amongst other things – requires transgender people to use toilets consistent with their birth gender, not their gender identity. Loretta Lynch’s powerful … Continue reading →

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‘In the bleakness of the Calais migrant camp, a light shines out’ Jonathan Freedland

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/25/calais-migrant-camp-refugees?CMP=fb_gu The writer has been watching the refugee crisis and the Calais situation with a similar mix of anger, despair and hope. It seems ever more futile to look to elected governments for ethics or humanity or any interest in the … Continue reading →

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Jacob Appelbaum for openDemocracy

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

The last of three posts themed around the current international political situation, and the profound issues and choices we all face. What do we think we are seeing, and what do we intend to do about it? ‘It is not … Continue reading →

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The nature of the struggle by Fay Honey Knopp

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“The struggle for most of us has never been whether to continue or give up, but rather: how to lead a life of integrity with the fewest of contradictions in a culture that often devalues, inhibits, negates, or co-opts the … Continue reading →

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Anne Lamott on what we actually need to hear….

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Well said. Often people come to this service who have been offered these pieces of advice or would-be comforting perceptions. They’ve heard them at home, from colleagues, on ‘inspirational’ sites, from a religious perspective, from therapists… this stuff pops up … Continue reading →

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Things not to say to a trans person – Free Speech – BBC Three

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Funny, human, obvious (with empathy), profound, touching, relational. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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World, Meet My Daughter – The Maven of Mayhem

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.themavenofmayhem.com/2015/04/world-meet-my-daughter.html Click on the link for this inspiring account of a choice to be seen, publicly. My experience over the past three years tells me how critically important it is, not just for us as individuals or groups, but for … Continue reading →

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