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...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Aug 6, 2019 | Central Park, Coming Out, Family, love, New York City, Things To Do, Transgender
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...
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...