by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Aug 26, 2020 | Acceptance, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Transgender, Work
Anyone in the LGBTQI community, whether working in an office or a construction site, is nervous about how their coworkers will treat them once they learn whatever truth they are living. While it has undoubtedly become more commonplace to be accepting of homosexuality...
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 | 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 | 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...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Aug 6, 2019 | Acceptance, Civil Rights, Coming Out, Discrimination, Military, Politics, Transgender
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. ...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Jun 17, 2019 | Acceptance, Children, Civil Rights, Coming Out, Discrimination, Family, Mental Health, Politics, Transgender
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...
