Binder Wear & Care

Image Description [Vignette style illustration with blue, orange, and yellow color palette. The light blue frame of the vignette features binders on hangers surrounded by small hearts, repeated in each corner. Within the vignette, there are two figures sitting on stools, with a light orange background. The figure in front is a darker-skinned trans masculine Indian man with short hair, acne, a cleft palate scar, and a scruffy beard and mustache. He has visible body hair and several piercings and tattoos - a mandala, peacock, and elephant. He is wearing a blue binder with hook closures on the side and yellow boxers. He has a colostomy bag visible decorated with star stickers and a keloid scar on his knee. He is leaning against the second figure. The second figure is a lighter-skinned trans masculine, Black and white mixed-race non-binary person. Their hair is in bantu knots with defined edges, and they have blue eyeshadow and a double eyebrow slit. They are wearing gold hoop earrings and have many visible tattoos on their chest, arms, and legs. They are wearing a yellow binder with a zipper in the front and blue and orange boy short underwear with a packer. They have orange KT tape on their shoulder and knee, and gold ring splints on three of their fingers.]

Image Description [Infographic with several illustrations in three sections and an ombre light blue, orange, and yellow background. Heading text reads "Binders" with the subtitle "Wear & Care." The first section is titled "Try it on" in a blue bubble with the text "1. Measure your ribcage across the nipple line. 2. Pull binder on over your head like a sports bra - might need a buddy to help. 3. Take a deep breath - should feel like pressure, not pain." There is an illustration of a fat Black person with curly hair with their arms outstretched while another person's hands wrap a measuring tape around their nipple line. They are wearing an orange t-shirt and jeans with a belt. The next section is titled "Wear" in an orange bubble with the text "Binding often involves weighing mental benefits with physical risk - it’s up to you to decide when you wear your binder. 8 hrs/day is not research-backed, so try to bind the minimum amount of time that is comfortable for you. To try: take off on long commute, at home alone, when sleeping/showering, switch to sports bra for heavy exercise Congrats on feeling that fantastic chest euphoria [heart emoji]. But, the first binder you try may not work - there are so many other options. If binding doesn’t work for you, it’s ok - you are trans enough! (if this is the reason you are binding)." Next to an orange star, there is the text "Please talk to a safe occupational therapist/physical therapist/massage therapist/doctor if you are having pain that doesn’t feel right." The last section is titled "Care" in a yellow bubble with the text "Wash: Handwash or gentle cycle in cold water. Dry: Hang dry only - putting your binder in the dryer will destroy the elastic & it will not be compressive anymore." with illustrations of two binders on hangers. There is a QR code with a link to this webpage and the caption "Scan for more."]