Gender and Family Project

06/01/2026

Tomorrow 🏳️‍⚧️

Panel: The Fight Against LGBTQ+ Censorship & Erasure in 2026

Every day, new attacks are unleashed on the LGBTQ+ community. Many of these are focused on legislation that aims to censor and erase the history and existence of our community. This panel will discuss the current book bans, ending Gender-Affirming Care for young people, taking down LGBTQ+ flags and erasing the T, blocking sexual health education for young people, and overall online censorship.

All are welcome 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

05/28/2026

🌟 PRIDE MONTH COMMUNITY GROUPS 🌟

Friday, June 12th
6:00pm-8:30pm ET
Ackerman Institute for the Family

Join us for a special Pride-themed gathering of our community groups! Families will have an opportunity to mingle and enjoy refreshments for the first thirty minutes before connecting in our facilitated, gender-affirming support groups.

Our monthly groups offer spaces for:
• Caregivers & Parents
• Gender Creative Kids
• Trans & Gender Expansive Teens & Tweens

Reach out to Sanniel at [email protected] to RSVP today 💗
Learn more at www.genderandfamilyproject.org/support-groups

05/26/2026

🌟IMMEDIATE HIRE: Clinic Therapist (Fee-for-Service) 🌟

Ackerman Institute for the Family is seeking a clinician for immediate hire with a license, who is trained in counseling, marriage and family therapy, or social work in the state of New York. Clinicians will provide family therapy to Ackerman clients, including Gender & Family Project families with transgender and gender expansive youth, and must be fluent in discussing race, gender identity, and other areas of marginalization. Pay is $50-55 an hour depending on licensure status.

➡️ For full job descriptions, head to linktr.ee/genderandfamilyproject .

➡️ To apply for the position, please send a cover letter and resume to Sanniel Sanabia at [email protected] , “Subject: Clinic Therapist”

05/26/2026

🌟 We are now accepting applications to our Family Engagement and Acceptance Training (FEAT) Program! 🌟

The Family Engagement and Acceptance Training (FEAT) Program trains New York State licensed LGBTQ+ mental health practitioners in couple and family therapy, with an emphasis on working with transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive youth and their families. FEAT trainees participate in a one-year training experience at Ackerman Institute for the Family that includes Foundations of Family Therapy followed by Live Clinical Supervision, offered at no cost.

➡️ Apply by June 30th, 2026: ackerman.org/training/family-engagement-and-acceptance-training-feat/

Grant funded and made possible by NYC Administration for Children's Services- ACS.

05/12/2026

May is 💚

Transgender and gender expansive youth are facing an ongoing mental health crisis amid an exhaustingly hostile legislative and cultural environment. The toll is heavy, on our youth and the families who love them.

But we are here to support 🩷 Ackerman Institute for the Family's Gender & Family Project offers gender-affirming clinic therapy and community groups to families with transgender and gender expansive youth. Reach out to learn about our services at www.genderandfamilyproject.org .

We are also committed to supporting LGBTQIA+ clinicians by offering free training in gender-affirming family & couples therapy with our Family Engagement and Acceptance Training (FEAT) program, now accepting applications through June 30th. Learn more at www.ackerman.org/training/family-engagement-and-acceptance-training-feat .

04/29/2026

TOMORROW 📣

Repost: 📣

NYC, it’s time to show up. ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️

Join us as we rally to demand real investment in TGNCNB New Yorkers because our communities deserve more than visibility, we deserve resources, care, and protection 🏳️‍⚧️

We’re building on momentum and pushing for:

💰 $10M for the Trans Equity Initiative
🏛️ $4M ask from the Mayor
💜 $15M for Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
⚖️ $15M for People Involved in The S*x Trade Fund
📢 $15M annually for a new LGBTQIA+ Immigrant Legal Services Fund

📍 City Hall Park (Broadway & Chambers St.)
🗓 April 30
⏰ 12 PM

Our lives, our futures, our communities
worth investing in. Show up, speak out, and stand with us.

04/29/2026

Catch Gender & Family Project tabling at the 2nd Annual CUNY-WIDE Vogue Ball! 🪩

2nd Annual CUNY-WIDE Vogue Ball
Dandyism: Tailoring Black Style

➡ WHEN: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
* 3pm-5pm (Resource Fair)
* 5pm-8pm (Ball)

➡ WHERE: Tow Atrium, The Leonard & Claire Tow Center

➡ RSVP: https://tr.ee/XjSIj7MRJ2

“This year, we’re honoring the legacy of Black Fashion and its profound impact on LGBTQ+ culture and the Kiki Scene. 🌈💕

Drawing inspiration from the Met Exhibit Superfine, we’re exploring how fashion reaffirms our identity and serves as a powerful tool to protest gender norms and systemic bias. We recognize that today’s style was built on the foundation laid by Black and Black LGBTQ+ trailblazers.

🏁Join us for: Beginner-friendly categories, community resources, great food, and good vibes!
🏁Bring: Your creativity, your curiosity, and your best look.”