Paying It Forward
There really is so much negativity in the news today, between the pandemic still holding on, joblessness increasing, and racial tensions being shown in stark relief. With so many social issues churning in the world today, knowing where and when to focus charitable...
Abuse in Quarantine
The news has attempted to further the concept of family togetherness while the Stay-at-Home orders are in place across the country. We are all trying to realize that silver lining. What hasn’t been receiving the necessary attention is how being forced to stay isolated...
Reassignment Surgery is Essential Surgery
Amid this pandemic that has left the world woefully unprepared, and our medical professionals struggling to provide care, it’s been all hands on deck to combat this crisis. One thing that’s become clear is that there aren’t enough hands to manage what is an...
Physical Distancing, Not Social Distancing – Announcement Regarding the 2020 New York Coming Out Conference
With all of the precautions New York City and State are taking along with the rest of the country, we hear the phrase "Social Distancing." We want to correct the phrase to "Physical Distancing," as we believe that being social is more important now than ever. As a...
College Age and Trans
Given the disheartening rates of depression and suicidal behaviors associated with the transgender school-aged youths in grades K-12, the prospect of furthering education in college can present those approaching college consideration with equal parts excitement and...
Allies and Community
When asked to define what it means to be an ally to the LGBTQI community, many people will offer some version of the Wikipedia summary, “An ally, straight ally, or heterosexual ally is a heterosexual and cisgender person who supports equal civil rights, gender...
People Should Be Able To Come Out When they are Ready. Being Outed is never OK.
Image - youtube.com With the latest outing of a transgender celebrity hitting the airwaves, attention is now being drawn to what a damaging thing that is to do to a person. As Nikkie de Jager, from NikkieTutorials on YouTube, revealed to her fans in a video titled...
LGBTQ in Corporate America
Sometimes it seems like only bad news gets printed involving the transgender community, what with the violence perpetrated against trans members and proposed legislation against transgender rights specifically. It's easy to forget that some are taking action every day...
New York City in Autumn
As we anticipate the New York Coming Out Conference from October 30th to November 3rd, 2019, we encourage everyone in the Trans community to register for the event and make arrangements to attend and participate. In addition to the workshops, speakers, and vendors...
Good News in the Community
Just a short time until the 2020 election in this country, and it seems like every gain made under the previous administrations to preserve and enhance civil rights in the transgender community are being threatened by a seeming new rein of hate and misunderstanding. ...
Dr. Jack Drescher at New York Coming Out
One of the things we at TransNewYork are looking forward to in the upcoming conference is the quality of the program speakers and their contribution to the overall wellbeing of the Transgender community. In the following series of blogs, we plan to highlight these...
Military Ban Goes into Effect
As of April 12th, 2019, the current administration’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the military has officially been reinstated. The ban essentially roles back legislation to the 1994 policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” that the Obama administration repealed....
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