Sentences with phrase «gender identity issues»

I specialize in sexual dysfunction and sexual therapy, and can work with individuals, couples or adolescents experiencing sexual challenges, gender identity issues, LGBTQ connected difficulties and sexual identity discovery.»

The intake might also be appropriate when follow - up services are unneeded, in cases like gender identity issues (hormone readiness letters, surgery support letters), bariatric surgery (surgery readiness letters), court - ordered assessments such as likely recidivism in cases like juvenile sex offenders, etc..

«I am interested in religious issues and resources in therapy, marital and pre-marital counseling, adolescents and their families, gender roles, gender identity issues, fathering, and adult development.

Erik also has a heart for men from adolescence forward who are struggling with gender identity issues and same - sex attraction.

The members of our team have the most specialized training, but all our therapists have access to consultation and support around gender identity issues and the informed consent process.

The presenter will provide opportunities for participants to reflect on their worries, biases, and awareness around sexual and gender identity issues with children.

Additionally, Azi has experience addressing parent - child conflicts, relationship and gender identity issues.

Through her work at Warrenville Youth and Family Services she also helped people through anxiety, depression, gender identity issues, grief and loss.

If your child is experiencing anxiety, depression, low self - esteem, family conflict, school or relationship issues, grief, sadness, body image issues, sleep problems, suicidal thoughts, trauma, low motivation, restlessness, communication issues, LGBT or gender identity issues, life transitions mood swings, shame, anger, or behavioral issues, our highly trained and experienced clinicians can help!»

As a compassionate and attuned therapist and sex educator, I enjoy working with couples and individuals who are exploring the challenges of desire differences, sexual and gender identity issues, relationship struggles, addiction, parenting, panic, anxiety and early attachment experiences, as well as those seeking existential meaning in life and love.

I am passionate about working with LGBT individuals / couples or those dealing with sexuality and / or gender identity issues.»

My clinical interest is providing sex therapy with individuals and couples to treat male and female sexual matters, sexual dysfunctions, sexual disorders, sexual orientation, sexual expression and gender identity issues.

I also have a specialty in gender identity issues and the dysphoric feelings, grief and loss, relationship difficulties and other issues that often accompany these conditions.

I work with the LGBTQ community, as well as, heterosexual clients; focusing on gender identity issues, sex addiction, couples counseling, and women's issues.

Vanessa has experience in working with those that have suffered from panic disorder, OCD, other anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, PTSD, trauma, gender identity issues, as well as relationship / marital issues.

I work extensively with the LGBTQIA + community, helping clients specifically with Gender Non-Conforming Gender Dysphoria / Transgender / Gender Identity issues.

Her areas of clinical specialty include cultural issues, gender identity issues, crisis and trauma, couple, family, and parenting issues, Christian counseling, depression, anxiety, grief and loss.

This establishes equality; addressing cultural and gender identity issues, while also enhancing the openness, safety, and visibility through the entire complex.

Some of the commentary about the difficulties of dealing simultaneously with puberty and gender identity issues is quite affecting.

So says John Strang of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, USA, leader of the first study to compare the occurrence of such gender identity issues among children and adolescents with and without specific neurodevelopmental disorders.

I have seen too much: — an arrogant pastor that told me to leave the grounds and slammed the church door behind him; another that told me «all bisexuals are promiscuous» and thought this was not bigotry nor prejudice; — a young well - meaning pastor that was my bodyguard once, and never returned to feed the poor in their tent - villages; — a wonderful older brother that helped feed the poor but was scolded by his church too many times for being corrupted by his friendship with me; — an elder with weight identity issues that had medical intervention who talked down to me since I had gender identity issues and medical intervention (I laughed during the meeting because the hypocrisy was amazing...); — an elder that was like Jesus without condemnation towards me, and amazing... but we had to meet in my home far away from his rejecting church.

Gender issues and sexuality issues are not synonymous (hence the difference drawn between gay people and transgendered people), and I really don't know much about gender minorities or gender identity issues.

Not exact matches

The prom king issue was ultimately resolved; now the school district has policies in place stating that you may run for whichever is more aligned to your gender identity.

Anjum Anwar was speaking after the documentary, called «What British Muslims Really Think», surveyed 1000 British Muslims and explored their beliefs about various social issues including national identity, violence, sexuality and gender relations.

Is the gender inclusion more pressing because it doesn't actually affect his own position, whereas to say the same about gender identity and sexual orientation issues would require him to lay aside his own ordination?

Denied recognition as a minister by the Atlanta presbytery, Erin now works as «a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in gender - identity issues.»

So rather than talk about gender roles, gay and lesbian issues, etc., we decided to talk about what we saw as the basic concern in all of this - belonging, i.e., can I belong in a community and have my identity and sexuality supported and upheld?

If gender identity is not innate, then why is it that so many people are burdened by this issue?

Let me interject here that the research being done about inter-sex children, those who are born «eunuchs» from their mother's womb, is shedding new light into this whole issue of gender identity and sexual attraction.

So the «immoral agenda» he alleges is that any «man» who uses a woman's rest room or shower facilities because it best fits with what the individual feels is their gender identity by «mandate of law» is not doing so out of being a civil right issue and him being criticised for expressing that view.

The justice and education departments said in a joint statement late on Wednesday that they «withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex require access to sex - segregated facilities on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex.»

Wednesday's decision reverses memos issued by the Obama administration during the past two years saying that prohibiting transgender students from using facilities that reflect with their gender identity violates federal anti-discrimination laws.

In a previous work, I proposed a theory of international relations called Symbiotic Realism, which goes beyond state - centrism and gives due recognition to the role of individuals, multinational organizations, transnational corporations, gender issues, reactive actors such as the environment and resources and, importantly, the emotionality of states and large collective identities as distinct actors weighting in global politics.

It also enlarges the number of unitary actors to include such emotional issues as large collective identities, and gender issues as well as reactive actors like climate and resources.

In 2015, the state Education Department issued further guidelines under the act to specifically prevent discrimination of transgender and gender - nonconforming students, along with suggestions on how to make them feel more comfortable at school, including the right to use the restroom and locker room in accordance with their gender identity, participate in gender - segregated activities in accordance with their gender identity, and adhere to dress codes in accordance with their gender identity and expression.

Sunday, a judge in Texas issued a temporary injunction blocking an executive order that would've required public schools to allow students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

Those issues included closing the «L.L.C. loophole» in campaign finance, amending the SAFE Act, passing GENDA, a law banning discrimination on the grounds of gender identity, and no amendments to raise the age of adult criminal culpability.

The group also said the Cuomo administration issued regulations clarifying that gender identity is included in the definitions of sex and disability, which are currently safeguarded in the state's non-discrimination law.

In October, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo became the first governor in the U.S. to issue an order «prohibiting harassment and discrimination on the basis of gender identity, transgender status or gender dysphoria,» according to a press release from Cuomo's office.

«The Obama administration now is playing down the power held by the guidance it issued to schools in May that directed them to allow transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity.»

The long - discussed issue of the Buffalo School District's gender identity policy was voted on at Wednesday night's meeting of the School Board, and the meeting ended in celebration.

Cuomo issued the ban after the North Carolina legislature passed a law barring transgender individuals from using restrooms appropriate to their gender identities.

The debate about whether transgender students should be allowed to use restrooms that align with their gender identity is now before the Buffalo School Board — and the group is getting fierce pressure from those on both sides of the issue.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are rightly proud of our record on transgender issues and we will not stop until Wales gets the quality Gender Identity Clinic it needs»

First Executive in the Nation to Issue Statewide Regulations Prohibiting Harassment and Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity, Transgender Status or Gender Dysphoria

on issues like the Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act that would guarantee people of all gender identities equal protection under the law and The DREAM Act, which would provide financial aid to undocumented students looking to attend coGender Expression Non Discrimination Act that would guarantee people of all gender identities equal protection under the law and The DREAM Act, which would provide financial aid to undocumented students looking to attend cogender identities equal protection under the law and The DREAM Act, which would provide financial aid to undocumented students looking to attend college.

In an election that observers agree reflected the aspirations of Democratic voters to turn the page on the Bloomberg era, Quinn's close identification with the mayor, including the leading role she played in allowing him to run for a third term in 2009, outweighed whatever credit most LGBT voters gave her for leadership on issues related to their sexual orientation and gender identity.

As wonderful as blogging is, there's very little that's going to contribute to a grant or paper,» said Dr. Isis, a pseudonymous blogger who focuses on gender issues in science and scientific lifestyles, when she spoke at ScienceOnline2011 by video link, wearing sunglasses, a surgical mask, and a woolly pirate hat to conceal her identity.

One of the best things he did is to accept that I simply am transgender and that not all my issues are about my gender identity.

Transgender and gender nonconforming people are at high risk for diseases such as AIDS and are vulnerable to depression and other mental health issues, but may be reluctant to disclose their identities to researchers due to stigma.