by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Jul 6, 2020 | Acceptance, Civil Rights, Discrimination, education
With the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent resurgence in understandable fury in the Black Lives Matter movement, past transgressions of racism (both by law enforcement and otherwise) are finally garnering the attention warranted. For many Americans, it is a...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | May 4, 2020 | Acceptance, Coming Out, Discrimination, Family, Mental Health, social distancing, Transgender
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...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | May 4, 2020 | Acceptance, Discrimination, Mental Health, social distancing, Surgery, Transgender
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...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Feb 20, 2020 | Acceptance, Children, Civil Rights, Family, love, Transgender
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...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Jan 21, 2020 | Acceptance, Coming Out, Discrimination, Mental Health, Politics, Stereotyping, Transgender
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...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Aug 20, 2019 | Acceptance, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Transgender, Work
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...
