Washington Initiative for Boys and Men
Advocating for improved outcomes for boys, men, and communities
72% of the dead are male — one of many gender gaps media and politicians don’t speak of Reporters at KIRO 7 News recently interviewed King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn about the Don’t Count Us … Read more
Representative Mary Dye introduced the Washington State Men’s Commission bill on January 10, 2022. Since then, a growing coalition of men and women statewide and around the country have contacted state lawmakers to express their … Read more
If men died from drug overdoses at the same rate as women, 1,371 fewer men in Washington would have died during the last three years. However, judging by press releases from the Department of Health, … Read more
A young man’s letter to Dr. Warren Farrell, author of The Boy Crisis, demonstrates one reason why efforts to empathize with boys and young men – and to affirm them in their maleness – are … Read more
Here we are republishing an important article written in 2016 for PsychologyToday.com by Mark Sherman, a friend of Washington Initiative for Boys and Men. Our boys don’t get the attention our girls do, with tragic … Read more
Below is an excerpt from our interview with James Donaldson in which he talked about his past depression and the methods of suicide he contemplated, including ‘suicide by cop’. James was an NBA basketball player … Read more