World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Promoting evidence-based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health.
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Join us in Marbella, Spain, February 18-20, 2025, for our Live WPATH GEI Course Series! Early Bird Rates available through December 18. REGISTER NOW!
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Media coverage of transgender and gender diverse people has an impact. Today, we signed a letter with @glaad and over 100 other orgs to demand better, more accurate coverage.
We’ve had enough. We’ve joined over 100 organizations and leaders to demand that @nytimes stop printing inaccurate and harmful misinformation about transgender people and issues. Today we are outside of the Times building to send a clear message. glaad.org/nytimes
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World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Releases the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8.
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We are excited to announce that the Public Comment Period for the Draft WPATH Standards of Care 8 is NOW OPEN. Review the Draft Chapters and leave your feedback for the SOC8 Committee by Thursday, December 16: wpath.org/soc8
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USPATH & WPATH issue science- and data-based response to 11/14/22 @nytimes article "They Paused Puberty, But Is There a Cost?"
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Statement from @USPATH1 and WPATH on denying evidence based medical care in trans youth listloop.com/wpath/mail.cgi/…
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"Misinformation about the science behind the care of trans youth, such as presented in this article, can be and has been used to justify political actions or even violence against the trans and gender diverse community."
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We are pleased to announce the extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft WPATH Standards of Care 8 through Sunday, January 16, 2021: 11:59pm GMT. Thank you for your feedback thus far, and continue to submit comments at: wpath.org/soc8
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WPATH and USPATH have issued a statement condemning the wave of gender-affirming care bans being introduced in the US. Decisions about health care should remain between patients and their providers. Read the full response here: wpath.org/policies
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On February 22, 2022, WPATH released the following statement to the press.
WPATH Condemns Texas Attorney General’s Attack on Trans Youth, Their Families and Their Health Care Providers
Click Below to Read the Full Statement:
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Please share this. Trans people in the US need protected civil rights just as they do all around the world. Other countries may have access to human rights protections, but people in the US do not.
"I was living the American Dream. All of that was stripped from me in seconds."
Carter Brown was fired from his job after being outed as transgender. He continues to advocate for the #EqualityAct to protect him & countless other LGBTQ people from discrimination in the workplace.
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WPATH stands proud and recognizes the accomplishments and lives of all TGNB people today, on Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, and always!
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The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) condemns recent misinformation targeting Dr. Amy Tishelman, PhD, the lead author of the Child Chapter of the Standards of Care 8. wpath.org/media/cms/Document…
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Standing room only: A PANEL ON TRANSGENDER
WOMEN OF COLOR AND INSTITUTIONAL INCLUSION IN BOTH ACADEMIC AND
CLINICAL SPACES #USPATH2017
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Congratulations to Bernard and Terri Reed for Harry Benjamin Education Award @GIRESUK #WPATH2016
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Minnesota becomes a "trans refugee" state codifying protections for TGD people seeking gender-affirming care. Read more from @ABC at abcnews.go.com/US/transgende…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs executive order providing legal protections for those seeking gender-affirming healthcare in Minnesota
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On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, WPATH remembers and honors the transgender people whose lives have been lost due to violence this year and over the years.
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Expanding opportunities for trans+ people in every area of life is paramount. Thanks for your great work, TENI.
We're delighted to partner with @a4sounds and @CreateIreland, who, along with artistic collaborators @GenderRip, invite applications from trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists based in Ireland for a four-month residency award as part of We Only Want the Earth 2020.
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Register Today! WPATH is offering our first-ever Online Foundations Course for Best Practices in Transgender Medical and Mental Health Care.
For more information -->
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Important new study points toward validation for transgender people's experience, could lead to decrease pathologization and increase access to care. newsweek.com/transgender-peo…
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USPATH and WPATH condemn Missouri @AGAndrewBailey's emergency regulation halting gender-affirming care as lacking any scientific grounding. Read our full statement, including a point-by-point rebuttal, below.
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We thank members Drs Anderson, Bowers, Edwards-Leeper & others for their contributions to #60minutes which emphasizes the need for responsible trans youth healthcare that follows the SOC. Eliminating access to care is not the answer.
Watch Now: cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-…
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WPATH, USPATH, EPATH Statement in Response to Calls for Banning Evidence-Based Supportive Health Interventions for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth wpath.org/policies
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Thank you for submitting your feedback on the Draft WPATH Standards of Care 8; Remember that there is 1 week left to submit your comments by Thursday, December 16 at 11:59pm EST. wpath.org/soc8
We are excited to announce that the Public Comment Period for the Draft WPATH Standards of Care 8 is NOW OPEN. Review the Draft Chapters and leave your feedback for the SOC8 Committee by Thursday, December 16: wpath.org/soc8
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#ICYMI, WPATH member doctors published results in @NEJM from a two-year longitudinal study of transgender and nonbinary youth and that found that gender-affirming hormones increased life satisfaction and decreased depression and anxiety symptoms. #wpath
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WPATH Recognizes International Trans Day of Visibility #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV2021
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“Nothing is more ominous than allowing politicians and attorneys to render medical judgments on our nation’s children," said Dr. Marci Bowers, @wpath President.
For Texas teen Cass Jackson, who uses they/them pronouns, being transgender meant feeling like their truest self.
Then came Gov. Abbott's directive to investigate parents of medically transitioning kids for child abuse.
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Preorder your printed copy of the WPATH Standards of Care Version 8 now! Order form open through June 30, 2023. wpath.org/soc8
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Registration NOW OPEN for WPATH's 26th Scientific Symposium, being held virtually November 6-10, 2020. Register Today at: wpath.org/education/upcoming…
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Congratulations to WPATH Board of Directors member, Dr. Marci Bowers!
Congratulations to @TransCareSinai surgeon Marci @Bowers_MD who reached the rare landmark of 2000 babies delivered and 2000 vaginoplasty surgeries performed! smdailyjournal.com/news/loca… via @smdailyjournal
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WPATH is proud to partner wth International Planned Parenthood to increase access to care for trans people globally.
During @PPact's NYC gala, @Lavernecox praised the org for providing health care to transgender people.
Did you know that @PPFA is one of the country's largest providers of health care to transgender people? cbsnews.com/news/laverne-cox…
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Nice review by USPATH @JoshuaSafer and WPATH presidents @vtangpricha on the Medical and Surgical Care of Transgender Patients | Ann Intern Med | ACP | bit.ly/2NvuUCq
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Hardworking physicians and researchers like Dr. Tangpricha have dedicated their professional careers to good health, solid science, and quality care. They and their predecessors formed @wpath to network with other health care professionals to help achieve best patient outcomes.
The @TheEndoSociety guidelines co-sponsored by @PedsEndoSociety @TheAACE @ESEndocrinology @AndrologyASA @wpath provides the most current evidence based guideline for gender dysphoric people of all ages. Transkids deserve the best treatment too academic.oup.com/jcem/articl… #HB1365
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WPATH is an organizational partner with The Pride Study! Please share The Pride Study with all your Trans and LGBQI++ friends, colleagues, family. Join The Pride Study; increase knowledge, improve health!
#TransDayOfVisibility
On #TransDayOfVisibility , we want to take a moment to say: our research sees you, affirms you & values your experiences in a world that can be unkind. We're so grateful you‘re here.
Your visibility matters! Share your story: register.pridestudy.org #TDoV
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We agree! See our public policy statements posted at wpath.org.
Criminalizing doctors who follow guidelines by professional medical associations like @TheEndoSociety @wpath Pediatric Endo Society @AmerMedicalAssn by threatening prison time is blatant discrimination No to #HB1365 @equalityfl
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Thank you, Dr. Leibowitz, and so many other concerned physicians and mental health professionals who care for gender diverse and trans youth.
Speaking about the life-saving and life-improving work we do with gender diverse & trans youth every day. There is no place for coercion in medicine. This, and many misrepresentations of the truth, exist in Ohio #HB513. Thanks @EqualityOhio & @OrieGivens
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WPATH applauds Transgender Day of Visibility 31 March 2019.
Visibility is the key to awareness and recognition for transgender health and rights.
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It’s #TransWeek What are you doing in your communities to raise awareness of the health concerns of Trans people?
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Support WPATH for Giving Tuesday 2023 and donate to WPATH’s ROSE Fund! The ROSE Fund helps further our mission to promote evidence-based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health. Learn more here: buff.ly/3GlybwM
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Day #3 starts with another outstanding plenary on uterus transplantation by Dr Johannesson moderated by @drlschechter Can’t miss! #WPATH2020
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Join Us for WPATH Journal Club - Episode 2, with Dr. Beth Jones and Prof. Dr. Jon Arcelus, on Thursday, June 3: 11AM EDT. FREE for Members, $25 for Non-Members.
More info at: wpath.org/gei/upcoming-gei-c…
ALT Exploring the mental health experiences of young trans and gender diverse people during the Covid-19 pandemic Bethany A. JonesORCID Icon,Mhairi BoweORCID Icon,Niamh McNamaraORCID Icon,Ella GuerinORCID Icon &Tim Carter Published online: 01 Mar 2021 Download citation https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2021.1890301
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The opening plenary session, Walking a Tightrope: Intersectionality and Trans Identities, starts in less than 5 minutes! #WPATH2020
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Thank you everyone who attended #USPATH2017 safe travels home. See you at #WPATH2018
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Join Us for Free Special Episode of WPATH Book Club dedicated to the life and memory of Dr. Michael Marshall. Friday, March 31, 2023: 10AM-11:30AM EDT.wpath.org/conference/registe…
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Thank you @lgbtqnation for your article highlighting health care providers who support and treat LGBTQ people in the US. Grateful to have Dr. Bowers included on your list.
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WPATH Global Education Initiative faculty are diverse, conscientious, and brilliant practitioners sharing their knowledge and experience around the world.
Asa Radix and Maurice Garcia presenting with me on #transgender surgery with @wpath and SCDI in Hanoi Vietnam. @JoshuaSafer @TransCareSinai
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Appalling censorship required by Administration for CDC budget process! WPATH strongly opposes this blatant attempt to erase transgender, poor, pregnant, and other diverse and vulnerable populations from US government health consciousness.
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Interested in learning more about top surgery in Australia? @qnews_media has some tips, and AUSPATH has a list of providers.
qnews.com.au/docq-top-surger…
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The WPATH 26th Scientific Symposium Schedule-at-a-Glance is out now! wpath.org/education/upcoming…
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WPATH issued a press release yesterday resolutely objecting to Pres. Trump's rejection of trans members of US Armed Forces.Sad! Unwarranted!
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A big victory! Thank you to all the WPATH members who commented in opposition to this rule! Even though HHS ignored the comments and proceeded to attempt to implement it, lawsuits revealed the faulty rationale HHS had tried to invoke. Another win based recent SCOTUS reasoning.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Monday from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people.
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Educating, influencing, and collaborating to improve trans health.
Thank you Endocrine Chair Dr. Nguyễn Quang Bảy at the prestigious Bach Mai Hospital for inviting Stephen Rosenthal of @UCSF and me to discuss #transgender care with Hanoi colleagues due to Vietnam plans to lead in trans care. @TransCareSinai @wpath
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WPATH President Dr. Marci Bowers had a chance to speak with @Resolve_GH about disparities in TGD healthcare, namely that it "has been weaponized as a political tool."
Read more, including advice from other medical experts about removing barriers, below. re-solveglobalhealth.com/pos…
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Day two of #WPATH2020 starts with another fantastic plenary talk!
Looking forward to tomorrow’s @wpath plenary on gender identity and DNA by @KarissaScience Dr Sanbonmatsu moderated by @JoshuaSafer #WPATH2020
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Thank you for attending the 2016 Symposium! See you in 2018. Check out our 2017 chapter meetings!!
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Registration is NOW OPEN for WPATH GEI Online Foundations Course, Opening July 15, Live sessions August 19 - September 9. Learn more at: wpath.org/gei/upcoming-gei-c…
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Dr Randi Ettner speaks on mental health for trans individuals at the first transgender certified training course
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WPATH is helping to train the next generation of physicians and health care professionals fusion.net/story/364436/endo…
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Don't forget to check out the #WPATH2020 International Film Festival! Want to add this feature to your symposium experience? Register here: wpath.org/conference/registe…
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WPATH is also an amicus in this case, and is proud to see the US justice system upholding the rights and dignity of transgender people.
BREAKING: Another court has blocked implementation of the attempted Trump-Pence #transgender military ban. @HRC is proud to be an organizational plaintiff, along with @LGBTMilPartners and @GenderJusticeWA, in the case brought by @LambdaLegal/@OutServeSLDN. hrc.org/blog/ninth-circuit-d…
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WPATH's Board of Directors expresses solidarity with all those who are engaged in commemorating the 2017 Transgender Day of Remembrance. Whether you are grieving the lost lives or celebrating the resilience of trans people everywhere, we join you in this project of consciousness.
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WPATH is a proud partner of the PRIDE Study! Congratulations, Annesa!!!
Congratulations to The PRIDE Study Associate Director, Annesa Flentje, PhD, for being awarded one of the first 2018 National Institute of Health (NIH) Sexual and Gender Minority Investigator Awards.
#FeatureFriday
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Don't miss the opening plenary of #USPATH2017 by Dave Jones, Insurance Commissioner of California 330pm
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Join Dr. Jamison Green on Friday, June 25th at 5:30pm EDT for WPATH Book Club - Episode 1, Author of Becoming a Visible Man, Second Edition. FREE for WPATH Members, $25 for Non-members.
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ALT We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jamison Green will be our inaugural author for the first episode of WPATH Book Club, join us to discuss his book Becoming a Visible Man, Second Edition. In addition to earning valuable CME/CE credits and ANCC contact hours, book club episodes provide attendees with an invaluable opportunity to interact with leading authors in transgender health. Order your copy today, or read it again, and register to join us on Friday, June 25th at 5:30pm EDT for the conversation. Bring your questions and comments for the author. Registration: FREE for WPATH Members $25 for Non-members ($10 for LIEC)
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WPATH launches a new campaign to translate the Standards of Care into different languages. Please support this effort gofundme.com/bz9e1s
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WPATH Sends Letter of Support to Republic of Kazakhstan.
Click here to view the full letter: wpath.org/media/cms/Document…
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In case you missed it: Bernard & Terry Reed (GIRES) – Harry Benjamin Distinguished Education Award #WPATH2016
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Identity Recognition Matters!
Thank you, @Starbucks. Your 2018 partnership with WPATH to advance trans* benefits equity has led to greater awareness and community engagement as this UK promotion shows. Watch: pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/03/st…
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It's been a great #USPATH2017 conference so far at @LuskinCenter Beautiful meeting space and relaxing
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Transgender people are stepping out; their existence is not a shameful secret any longer. It is time to acknowledge their humanity, stop their persecution, and provide for their health at the same level as any other human being.
Transgender persons are making their presence felt as showstoppers and role models thehindu.com/life-and-style/…
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This is a great victory for transgender students all over the US! Thank you, Gavin Grimm and your attorneys for persisting in this fight! WPATH proudly participated as an amici.
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Starting at 9 AM EST: Opening Plenary Day Three – Uterine Transplantation. Don't miss it! #WPATH2020
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Kansas to Allow Transgender Citizens to Change Birth Certificates diversityinc.com/kansas-to-a… via @Diversityinc
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Congratulations to all trans people and their allies in Pakistan!
.@HRC celebrates with #transgender advocates and allies in Pakistan who fought successfully to pass the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018. 🇵🇰 hrc.org/blog/pakistan-enacts…
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A few more days until the 26th WPATH Symposium. RT if you are going! #WPATH2020
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Across the US, legislators are introducing bills that would restrict or ban access to gender-affirming care. Some bills, like SB12 in Kansas, would criminalize care for people under 21. WPATH's Dr. Safer from @MountSinaiNYC chimes in below.
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Registration Still Open! Join WPATH GEI in Marbella, Spain, February 18-20 for our live course series! wpath.org/gei/upcoming-gei-c… #wpath #wpathgei
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Viva the unexpected!
My partner and I (both trans) got pulled aside by the TSA when we were at the airport. I, of course, was prepared to throw down and live tweet whatever gender-related fiasco was about to unfold. Instead, they looked at us very seriously and said, “Is there a burrito in your bag?”
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WPATH supports legal gender recognition as a matter of health and human rights.
ILGA-Europe and TGEU call on the Hungarian Parliament to drop Article 33 of an omnibus bill, which would deny access to legal gender recognition in the country. 🇭🇺
We must act firmly and swiftly to stop this extreme rollback in human rights law! #Drop33
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We hope you'll join us next Thursday, June 3 at 11AM EDT, for WPATH Journal Club with Drs. Beth Jones & Jon Arcelus to discuss MH experiences for trans & gender diverse people during COVID-19. Learn more and REGISTER at: wpath.org/gei/upcoming-gei-c…
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WPATH urges legislators to reject these deceptive and harmful bills! Thank you, ACLU and @chasestrangio for your valiant efforts!
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USPATH call for nominations for an inaugural board of directors and officers. Visit wpath.org
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Stop by the WPATH booth this week at the #AACE2018 annual meeting for a conference special on membership
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Our president Dr Green speaks on Trans people accessing medical care newsworks.org/index.php/thep…
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This excellent analysis demonstrates the problems trans people have when cis people try to speak for them.
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Understand Transgender People slate.com/news-and-politics/… #trans #transgender
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Top Influencers #USPATH2017: @wpath @ericlwan @soveritas @brillanmorgan @thelaurenfoster @npr @wamu885 hcsm.io/2knjMHP via @symplur
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UP NEXT: The final sessions for #WPATH2020!
3:00 PM ET Sessions — Disadvantaged Groups, Surgery, and Health Services & Systems Worldwide
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We exist because trans people exist.
#TransDayOfVisibility
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See our posted policy on healthcare of trans and gender diverse youth wpath.org/policies
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