As an institution dedicated to the continuing education of mental health professionals, ISTI continues to support safe access to abortion as healthcare. … Read More
(Editor’s Note: This post contains updated information related to Resources for Parenting Transgender Kids from May 13, 2016.) Transgender issues continue to rise to prominence in the media, news, and politics. While some celebrities take problematic stances on trans rights, … Read More
Trump’s recent action to rescind former President Obama’s school bathroom order has put our transgender and gender nonconforming (TG/NC) youth at renewed and heightened risk, both for violence and discrimination, but also for suicide, mental illness, and self-harm. The American … Read More
Robert contacted me, frantic. His fiancée, Paula, is currently serving time in a southern state prison, and has so far served four months of what could be a thirty-six month sentence. Paula is a transgender woman. But Paula was placed … Read More
Last week, Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, came out with her new docudrama, I Am Cait. It follows her journey through her transition as male to female, and as the public watches her emotionally fueled family dynamics with the Kardashian … Read More
Richard Friedman, in his article in the NY Times this past Sunday, August 22, 2015, How Changeable is Gender? says that, “The prevailing narrative seems to be that gender is a social construct and that people can move between genders to … Read More
My latest blog for Huffington Post in my series on Transgender Men and Women; And the People that Love them, Work with them and Fight for their Rights is up! Interview With Grace; Transgender Rights and SCOTUS I had the … Read More
After the historic Supreme Court decision on marriage equality June 26th, many families across our nation are celebrating their freedom to marry the people they love. This Independence Day, we celebrate our independence from Great Britain and the establishment of … Read More
Our nation is celebrating the right for couple couples to marry this week, but the fight for equality is far from over. LGBTQ people face outright hatred and bigotry daily from housing, employers, strangers on the street, sometimes even their … Read More
Vanity Fair’s recent photo spread in the July issue shows the new Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, with a cover photo of Caitlyn after facial surgery clearly identifying as a female. She is currently all the rage. I … Read More