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The ban essentially roles back legislation to the 1994 policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” that the Obama administration repealed....
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Jul 14, 2018 | Mental Health, Transgender
A study was conducted in 2016 by The American Academy of Pediatrics that concluded the alarming revelation that suicide has become the second leading cause of death among teens and young adults in Canada and the United States. The study considered race, age and...
by Dr. Gennifer "Genn" Herley | Jun 19, 2018 | Coming Out, Mental Health, Transgender
Formerly known as Gender Identity Disorder, “Gender dysphoria involves a conflict between a person’s physical or assigned gender and the gender with which he/she/they identify. People with gender dysphoria may be very uncomfortable with the gender they were...
