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 | Mar 20, 2020 | Coming Out, education, Family, Mental Health, New York City, Politics, social distancing, Transgender, Uncategorized
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...
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 | 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...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | May 1, 2019 | Acceptance, Civil Rights, Mental Health, Military, Politics, Transgender, Work
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The ban essentially roles back legislation to the 1994 policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” that the Obama administration repealed....
