Gender and Family Project

10/08/2025

RSVP for our October group 💗

This Friday, October 10th from 5:00-7:00pm ET at the Ackerman Institute for the Family!

🌟 IN-PERSON COMMUNITY GROUPS 🌟

The school year is back and with that, our cherished community groups! First gathering is Friday, September 12, 2025.

Monthly groups for:
• Caregivers & Parents
• Gender Creative Kids
• Trans & Gender Expansive Teens & Tweens

Interested in receiving gender-affirming family therapy and joining our community groups? Reach out to Sanniel at ssanabia@ackerman.org for an intake today 💗

Learn more at genderandfamilyproject.org

10/06/2025

Still seeking families for this opportunity! Share widely to reach families who may benefit 💕

🌟 FREE FAMILY THERAPY 🌟 Share widely!

The Ackerman Institute for the Family's Gender & Family Project (GFP) is offering TEN free, virtual sessions of family therapy to families in New York State with transgender, non-binary, or gender expansive youth as part of our Family Engagement and Acceptance Training (FEAT) program. Families will meet with our student clinicians, supervised by a licensed clinical supervisor, with the option to continue sessions using insurance or regular payment.

➡️ Please reach out to Sanniel at ssanabia@ackerman.org with interest ASAP! Intakes will happen the first week of October and sessions will begin mid-October.

To learn more about GFP, head to genderandfamilyproject.org .

10/01/2025

Reach out today!

Intakes happening now, with sessions beginning mid-October 💗

🌟 FREE FAMILY THERAPY 🌟 Share widely!

The Ackerman Institute for the Family's Gender & Family Project (GFP) is offering TEN free, virtual sessions of family therapy to families in New York State with transgender, non-binary, or gender expansive youth as part of our Family Engagement and Acceptance Training (FEAT) program. Families will meet with our student clinicians, supervised by a licensed clinical supervisor, with the option to continue sessions using insurance or regular payment.

➡️ Please reach out to Sanniel at ssanabia@ackerman.org with interest ASAP! Intakes will happen the first week of October and sessions will begin mid-October.

To learn more about GFP, head to genderandfamilyproject.org .

09/30/2025

Reach out today!

Intakes happening the first week of October, with sessions beginning mid-October 💗

🌟 FREE FAMILY THERAPY 🌟 Share widely!

The Ackerman Institute for the Family's Gender & Family Project (GFP) is offering TEN free, virtual sessions of family therapy to families in New York State with transgender, non-binary, or gender expansive youth as part of our Family Engagement and Acceptance Training (FEAT) program. Families will meet with our student clinicians, supervised by a licensed clinical supervisor, with the option to continue sessions using insurance or regular payment.

➡️ Please reach out to Sanniel at ssanabia@ackerman.org with interest ASAP! Intakes will happen the first week of October and sessions will begin mid-October.

To learn more about GFP, head to genderandfamilyproject.org .

09/30/2025

Last day to apply!

➡️ https://genderandfamilyproject.org/were-hiring

🌟NOW HIRING: Research Intern🌟

Join our team at Ackerman Institute for the Family's Gender & Family Project as a Research Intern, to support projects focused on the needs of Black and Latine trans and gender expansive (TGE) youth and their families! This 9-month internship will come with $3,000 for 3-4 hours of work per week, under the supervision of GFP’s Research and Training Coordinator. Though a remote position, candidates must reside inside New York State. Black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) are strongly encouraged to apply.

➡️Apply by September 30th, 2025.
Full internship description: https://genderandfamilyproject.org/were-hiring

Interested candidates should send a resume and brief statement of interest to Research Coordinator, Nat Roberts at nroberts@ackerman.org, Subject: “GFP Research Internship.”

09/30/2025

📣 NOW ENROLLING: VIRTUAL CAREGIVER GROUP
Starting Wednesday, October 22nd!

Virtual Caregiver Group
* For parents & guardians of transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive youth
* Wednesdays from 7:00-9:00pm ET, starting Wednesday, October 22nd
* Each group has TEN available spots. You will be added to a waitlist once our ten spots are filled. Pending capacity, we may offer an additional group on Tuesdays or Saturdays; please note your interest during your intake.

Fees:
* Groups (monthly) $10-100 sliding scale based on household income
* Intakes (one-time) $10-150 sliding scale based on household income

Families who have been active with GFP in the last 12 months receive a 50% discount on their intake fee. Please note that no family will be turned away due to lack of funds. We will explain the sliding scale during your screening call and allow you to choose the level that works best for your family.

To enroll, email Sanniel at ssanabia@ackerman.org

For more information, visit genderandfamilyproject.org/support-groups

09/29/2025

Join TOMORROW Tuesday, September 30th @ 10:00am!

Sign the letter ➡️ https://docs.google.com/document/d/10wQHAGkTMimaKJ3E0bIj5N0h_ebbqaM4eSlX1eSzAlg/edit?usp=sharing

Children should never be used as political tools. They deserve inclusive, safe, and respectful learning environments where they can belong, grow, and thrive. Using financial resources meant for our children and their education as leverage to promote hate in our schools is unconscionable and cruel.

We reject the Trump Administration’s thinly veiled attempts to divide us, to use a manufactured excuse to strip funding from public schools, and to harm all of New York City’s children.

We dream of and have worked for decades towards a New York City public school system where every student—regardless of race, gender, income, ability, or immigration status—can learn and thrive. This means no more underfunded classrooms, no more discriminatory policies, and no more neglect.

Join a growing coalition of students, families, educators, and community members to demand equity, dignity, and the well-being of all students by (1) showing up for the press rally TOMORROW, Tuesday, 9/30 at 10:00 a.m., and (2) signing our campaign letter here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPLPycP8oMlKh48opIWOatFc4yHZdYbFpGyimG3gin83jC-A/viewform

When we work together, our people power is unstoppable. 💪🏼

09/24/2025

🌟 FREE FAMILY THERAPY 🌟 Share widely!

The Ackerman Institute for the Family's Gender & Family Project (GFP) is offering TEN free, virtual sessions of family therapy to families in New York State with transgender, non-binary, or gender expansive youth as part of our Family Engagement and Acceptance Training (FEAT) program. Families will meet with our student clinicians, supervised by a licensed clinical supervisor, with the option to continue sessions using insurance or regular payment.

➡️ Please reach out to Sanniel at ssanabia@ackerman.org with interest ASAP! Intakes will happen the first week of October and sessions will begin mid-October.

To learn more about GFP, head to genderandfamilyproject.org .

09/22/2025

This weekend!

🎟️ 20% Discount Code: QVNYCPartners

Hey QVNYC Family! 👋🏾🌈

Our Film Festival Season 3 is right around the corner - have you gotten your tickets yet?

We offer a variety of passes for this spectacular event.

🔗Go to http://queervoicesnyc.eventive.org/ for all the details. Can’t wait to see you!

09/17/2025

📣 POSTPONED

📣 POSTPONED

🌳 Join us at the 5th NYC Partners Against The Hate (PATH) Awareness Day!

Hosted by NYC’s 67th Precinct Clergy Office, Partners Against the Hate, and the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, Gender & Family Project will join several NYC organizations providing services for communities experiencing discrimination and violence.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
11am - 3pm, with remarks and a demonstration around noon
Prospect Park, near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, NY

Attendee Registration Link: https://bit.ly/PATHDAY25

09/16/2025

Help us develop our virtual community spaces!

➡️ https://form.jotform.com/252234283562051

🌟 VIRTUAL COMMUNITY GROUPS: INTEREST FORM 🌟

The Ackerman Institute for the Family’s Gender & Family Project will be offering VIRTUAL community groups to gender expansive folks and their loved ones across the United States and beyond!

Our Caregiver Group (Parents & Guardians of transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive youth) will be offered virtually along with a new Young Adult Group (Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Expansive Adults Ages 18-24).

Please fill our INTEREST FORM by mid-September so that we can hear how to best support your needs in the development of our virtual spaces. Enrollment will open late September and groups will begin in the Winter of 2025.

➡️ INTEREST FORM: linktr.ee/genderandfamilyproject
➡️ MORE INFO: www.genderandfamilyproject.org