World Professional Association for Transgender Health
Secretary | Asa Radix[4] | |
| Loren Schechter[4] | ||
| Board Members-at-Large - (2018 - 2022); Tamara Adrian; Jaimie Veale; (2020 – 2022); Javier Belinky; Michael Marshall; (2020 – 2024); Christina Richards; Stephen Rosenthal; Sanjay Sharma;
Christina Richards (EPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Erica Anderson (USPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Greg Mak (ASIAPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Jared Boot (EX-OFFICIO MEMBER - WPATH STUDENT INITIATIVE REPRESENTATIVE) [4] | ||
Revenue (2016) | $1,245,915[2] | |
| Expenses (2016) | $1,144,284[2] | |
Employees (2016) | 0[2] | |
| Website | www | |
Formerly called | Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association | |
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a
Organization
Membership
Professionals include anyone working in disciplines such as medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, speech and voice therapy and sexology. Non-professionals may also join, paying the same membership fee, but without voting privileges.[7] The organization is funded by its membership and by donations and grants from non-commercial sources.[8]
Regional organizations
WPATH is affiliated with several regional organizations, including the European Professional Association for Transgender Health, the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health and ASIAPATH.[9]
Standards of Care
WPATH publishes the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, educates professionals and consumers, sponsors scientific conferences, and provides ethical guidelines for professionals.[10] The first version of the Standards of Care were published in 1979.[11] Version 7 was published in 2011.[12] WPATH released Version 8 in 2022.[13]
History
Background
Medical treatment for gender dysphoria was publicized in the early 1950s by accounts such as those of Christine Jorgensen.[14]
In 1966, Harry Benjamin published
During this period, the majority of literature on gender diversity was pathologizing, positing dysfunctional families as the causes of dysphoria and recommending
1979-2000
The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association and Standards of Care (SOC) were conceived during the 5th International Gender Dysphoria Symposium (IGDS) in 1977.[15] The organization was named after Harry Benjamin, one of the earliest physicians to work with transgender people,[16] and supported a mixture of psychological and medical treatment.[17][18]
The founding committee was entirely American and consisted of
Versions 2, 3, and 4 of the SOC were published in 1980, 1981 and 1990 respectively, continuing to use the same name.[15][14] The first 4 versions of the SOC set strict eligibility requirements, requiring evaluations from separate mental health professionals and compulsory psychotherapy, and relied on professional consensus.[14][18]
The 5th version, published in 1998, was titled the "Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders" to be consistent with the DSM-III. It recommended but did not require psychotherapy and stated that while GID was a mental disorder, that was not a license for stigma.[14]
Presidents
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- Paul A. Walker, Ph.D., 1979–1981
- Donald R. Laub, M.D., 1981–1983
- Milton T. Edgerton, M.D., 1983–1985
- Ira B. Pauly, M.D., 1985–1987
- Aaron T. Bilowitz, M.D., 1987–1989
- Jan Walinder, M.D., 1989–1991
- Leah Schaefer, Ed.D., 1991–1995
- Friedmann Pfaefflin, M.D. 1995–1997
- Richard Green, J.D., 1997–1999
- Alice Webb, DHS, 1999[19]
- Eli Coleman, Ph.D., 1999–2003
- Walter Meyer III, M.D., 2003–2005
- Stan Monstrey, M.D., 2005–2007
- Stephen Whittle, OBE, 2007–2009
- Walter O.Bockting, Ph.D., L.P., 2009–2011
- Lin Fraser, Ed.D., 2011–2013
- Jamison Green, Ph.D., 2013–2015
- Gail Knudson, M.D., FRCPC, 2016–2018
- Vin Tangpricha, M.D., Ph.D., 2018–2020
- Walter Pierre Bouman, M.D., Ph.D., 2020–2022
- Marci Bowers, M.D., 2022–2024
References
- ^ a b "World Professional Association For Transgender Health Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ Guidestar. December 31, 2016.
- ^ Bowers, Marci (January 11, 2021). Dear WPATH Membership (PDF). WPATH.
WPATH has seen significant growth in its membership and programming over the past year, now with more than 2700 members and 49 countries represented.
- ^ a b c d e ["https://www.wpath.org/about/EC-BOD Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine]". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "World Professional Association for Transgender Health". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "International Symposia". WPATH. Archived from the original on 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Membership Information". WPATH. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ^ "WPATH". Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ^ "Regional Organizations". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Archived from the original on 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Wong, Gillian (June 17, 2009). China preps 1st guidelines for sex change surgery. Archived 2022-06-18 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian
- ISBN 978-1-58765-263-9
- ^ "Standards of Care, Version 7". Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- S2CID 252127302.
- ^ ISBN 978-88-470-5696-1.
- ^ ISSN 1553-2739.
- ISBN 978-1-4129-0916-7
- ^ PMID 24102959.
- ^ PMID 28159141.
- ^ "Alice Webb Obituary (2008) - Houston, TX - Houston Chronicle". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
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