WPATH Symposium Attendies Going GENDER ROGUE!
26/09/11 09:57
It didn’t take long before attendees of the 2012 WPATH Symposium at the Emory University Conference Center went GENDER ROGUE and converted gender segregated bathrooms into all inclusive gender bathrooms. Do-It-Yourself signs were pasted over the traditional “Men” and “Women” signs at the bathroom entrances. Men entered the the women’s bathrooms and women entered the men’s bathrooms. I have to say that a strangely satisfying feeling of purposeful transgression warmed my Soul as I entered the Mens Room walking past the men and the urinals headed for the stalls. Not surprisingly, there was no uproar, no one took down the all inclusive signs, and no police were ever called. How refreshing!
Live Yourself!
Rachael St.Claire PsyD Licensed Psychologist
Live Yourself!
Rachael St.Claire PsyD Licensed Psychologist
WPATH Symposium 2011 Opens
25/09/11 13:04
WPATH Symposium 2011 Opens Today
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) opened today on the campus of Emory University. The symposium was opened by Vin Tangpricha MD PhD withe the symposium theme of Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health.
I am excited to be here in Atlanta on the campus of Emory University attending WPATH 2011. Some of the expected highlights include the unveiling of The Standards of Care Version 7. I am interested to find out if there is a statement about the pathologizing diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder. I have heard that there may be a relaxing of the readiness and eligibility criteria for accessing hormone medical treatments. These criteria have become a barrier to accessing competent care, spawning a burgeoning black market for sex hormones and the dangers of medically unsupervised self-administration of hormones.
A second issue was introduced by the Chair of the Southern Comfort Conference , Alexis Dinyovszky, which was held conjointly with WPATH this year. Lexi announced that her Transgender membership have been calling for a certification for trans competent counselors and therapists. She has formally requested the WPATH membeship to develop a certification program for therapists to remedy the problem of trans clients understanding mote about trans issues than their therapists. While many therapists are willing to see transgender clients, there is a competency gap in their understanding and training about Transgender issues. We’ll see what the hubbub is around the symposium on the certification issues.
A third issue is the concern about the proliferation of electronic medical records and how medical organizations will handle the issue of Transgender persons’ preferred name, sex, and sexual orientation, not to mention what diagnosis may be visible within the medical record to other employees of the health provider. A WPATH EMR Taskforce has formed and will be meeting for the first time later today. I will serve on this committee which meets today, so stay tuned.
I also have to say it’s nice to see many members of the trans community in attendance from the Southern Comfort Conference. An exciting beginning to the WPATH 2011 Symposium!
Live Yourself!
Rachael St.Claire PsyD Licensed Psychologist
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) opened today on the campus of Emory University. The symposium was opened by Vin Tangpricha MD PhD withe the symposium theme of Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health.
I am excited to be here in Atlanta on the campus of Emory University attending WPATH 2011. Some of the expected highlights include the unveiling of The Standards of Care Version 7. I am interested to find out if there is a statement about the pathologizing diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder. I have heard that there may be a relaxing of the readiness and eligibility criteria for accessing hormone medical treatments. These criteria have become a barrier to accessing competent care, spawning a burgeoning black market for sex hormones and the dangers of medically unsupervised self-administration of hormones.
A second issue was introduced by the Chair of the Southern Comfort Conference , Alexis Dinyovszky, which was held conjointly with WPATH this year. Lexi announced that her Transgender membership have been calling for a certification for trans competent counselors and therapists. She has formally requested the WPATH membeship to develop a certification program for therapists to remedy the problem of trans clients understanding mote about trans issues than their therapists. While many therapists are willing to see transgender clients, there is a competency gap in their understanding and training about Transgender issues. We’ll see what the hubbub is around the symposium on the certification issues.
A third issue is the concern about the proliferation of electronic medical records and how medical organizations will handle the issue of Transgender persons’ preferred name, sex, and sexual orientation, not to mention what diagnosis may be visible within the medical record to other employees of the health provider. A WPATH EMR Taskforce has formed and will be meeting for the first time later today. I will serve on this committee which meets today, so stay tuned.
I also have to say it’s nice to see many members of the trans community in attendance from the Southern Comfort Conference. An exciting beginning to the WPATH 2011 Symposium!
Live Yourself!
Rachael St.Claire PsyD Licensed Psychologist