Greenburgh PRIDE Rally 2021

Greenburgh Pride was launched on June 26, 2021, with a Pride Rally in Patriot’s Park.

 

Greenburgh Pride Co-chairs: Z Paige L’Erario, Lynn Goodman, Jennie Kogan

 

Join us for Greenburgh Pride 2023 Motorcade, March, and Rally uniting Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow.

 

 

 

Community Needs Survey 2021

Brave LGBTQIA2S+ speakers publicly spoke out on microaggressions, harassment, bullying, and assault all occurring in our hometown.

We wish to take back our town and make Greenburgh gayer! Our 2021 Needs Assessment Executive Summary has been released!

Letter to the Editor: The Hudson Independent

 

Moon Kissed playing the Rally

 

 

A Transformative Event

In June 2021, more than 200 LGBTQIA2S+ community members and allies gathered together to celebrate their queerness.

Rally attendees enjoyed live music and spoken word in transformative performances.

News12 Coverage

 

Feb
04

  Voice Training Is a Medical Necessity for Many Transgender People   Published January 9, 2023 in Neurology Blogs, By Z Paige L’Erario, MD I am very proud of mine and my colleagues’ work published in September in Scientific American: Mind Matters.1 This represents a career accomplishment for any medical professional, transgender or otherwise. Bridges to other disciplines […]

Dec
06

Affirming Evidence-Based Care for Young Patients Who Are Transgender or Gender Diverse

  Affirming Evidence-Based Care for Young Patients Who Are Transgender or Gender Diverse   SPECIAL REPORT: PSYCHOEDUCATION The data is clear: We should expect an increasing number of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth presenting to our practices over the coming years.1 We must ask ourselves: Are we prepared to treat these patients and their families with the […]

Nov
12

Ethical Questions in the Field- Is Refusal of Service to a LGBTQIA2S+ Client Acceptable in Social Work Practice?

  Ethical Questions in the Field- Is Refusal of Service to a LGBTQIA2S+ Client Acceptable in Social Work Practice? November 12, 2022 By Z Paige L’Erario, MD, NYS CRPA/CPS-provisional and Holly Fancher, LMSW, MSEd Originally Posted in Social Work Today; Vol. 22, No.4, P.22    “This case study examines a field intern’s right to refuse […]

Aug
01

My Experience as a Transgender Physician with Mental Illness

My Experience as a Transgender Physician with Mental Illness     By Z Paige Lerario, MD, NYS CRPA/CPS-p   Originally posted July 20th, 2022 in NAMI Blogs   Alabama, Arizona and Texas have recently passed legislative efforts to ban gender-affirming health care to transgender adolescents. This is highly concerning and relevant, as 2% of younger Americans identify as transgender, a term […]

Jun
24

Pride: An Opposite Action Against Unnecessary Shame

  “Now is the time we need pride the most. We cannot succumb to fear or shame, and we cannot stand down to threats of violent oppression. We are under attack by a conservative legislative agenda that ignores our medical evidence and peer-reviewed literature. We must fight for our patients to receive the medically necessary […]

May
11

My Authentic Voice: Expanding the Sound Between Man and Woman

My Authentic Voice: Expanding the Sound Between Man and Woman By: Z Paige Lerario, MD, NYS CRPA/CPS-p May 2, 2022 Blog originally posted in: Neurology Blogs, Voices: Lived Experience Based on the original research article published in: The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research In collaboration with the team at New York University’s: Acoustic […]

Apr
26

Remembering Pride, The Future of Pride

“Children remember what they are taught; What they should do, And what they should not. Whom they should love, And whom they should hate. What is one’s choice, And what is one’s fate.” Wei Dewdney (they/it) Greenburgh Pride 2021 | Edgemont GSA     Refuel Our Amazing LGBTQIA2S+ Youth Energy! Donate to Greenburgh Pride 2022 […]

Apr
19

The Nonbinary Physician Activist: “Do No Harm” Implies Equity as the Outcome

The Nonbinary Physician Activist: “Do No Harm” Implies Equity as the Outcome.   Gender nonconformity and outspoken nonbinary voices are stigmatized in medical professionalism.  Anti-LGBTQ climates in healthcare and research settings are psychological iatrogenesis which require structural changes to avoid further malpractice.  Academic medicine should take largescale and immediate action based on lessons learned from […]