Bill Text: NY J00032 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 32 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Honoring Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould as recipient of the Marsha P. Johnson Award by the Pride Center of the Capital Region

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-01-15 - ADOPTED [J00032 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J00032-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 32

BY: Senator BRESLIN

        HONORING  Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould upon the occasion
        of her designation as recipient  of  the  Marsha  P.
        Johnson  Award  by  the  Pride Center of the Capital
        Region

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body recognizes  the  profound  impact  of
those  exemplary  individuals  within  the  great  State of New York who
proactively work for the enfranchisement of  minority  communities,  and
the  importance  of  such  work  for the benefit of all citizens of this
State, and indeed, all citizens of the Nation; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Dr.  Carolyn
Wolf-Gould  upon  the  occasion  of  her designation as recipient of the
Marsha P. Johnson Award by the Pride Center of the Capital Region to  be
celebrated at its Annual Awards Gala on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the
Albany Capital Center, Albany, New York; and

  WHEREAS,  This  auspicious  event  benefits  the Pride Center of the
Capital Region and celebrates the important contributions of individuals
who work hard to empower the lesbian,  gay,  bisexual,  transgender  and
queer/questioning  (LGBTQ) community; Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould is one such
individual; and

  WHEREAS, Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould is receiving the Marsha  P.  Johnson
Award  for  her  demonstrated  leadership and support of the transgender
community; and

  WHEREAS, Since 1994, Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould has served as  a  family
physician  in  Oneonta, New York, and has practiced transgender medicine
as part of general primary care since 2007; and

  WHEREAS, This remarkable woman is the founder of The Gender Wellness
Center at Susquehanna Family Practice, a multidisciplinary center  which
has  grown  rapidly  to  meet the needs of patients in Upstate New York;
under her luminous leadership, the Center offers  services  tailored  to
meet  the needs of gender nonconforming patients and provides health and
psychological services to the transgender community; and

  WHEREAS, Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould also works in the Bassett Healthcare
Network; in this capacity,  she  and  her  team  of  providers  are  the
recipients  of  a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Grant
from  2016-2019  to  create  a  rural  based  Center  of  Excellence  in
Transgender Health for Upstate New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Dr.  Carolyn  Wolf-Gould  is  a  vital member of the World
Professional Association for  Transgender  Health  (WPATH)  and  is  the
collaborating physician for Choices Counseling and Consulting; and

  WHEREAS,  As  a  WPATH  clinical  mentor,  Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould is
committed to training  health  care  professionals  on  how  to  include
transgender health services as a part of primary care; and

  WHEREAS,  Our society is greatly benefited by the purposeful efforts
of individuals who unite for the cause of improving the quality of  life
for others, and who proactively work toward the goal of dignity for all;
and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body that those who
enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown  a
long  and  sustained  commitment to excellence certainly have earned the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
honor  Dr.  Carolyn  Wolf-Gould  upon the occasion of her designation as
recipient of the Marsha P. Johnson Award by  the  Pride  Center  of  the
Capital Region; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould.