The Top 10 Things Trans People Should Know About the New Standards of Care
http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/the-top-10-things-trans-people-should-know-about-the-new-standards-of-care/The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) today released a newly-revised seventh edition of its Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People. The revised Standards of Care are a critical resource for providers, healthcare consumers, and advocates, and are a step forward in ensuring that transgender and gender non-conforming people receive high quality care individualized for their needs.
Significant features of the new edition include:
Recognition that gender nonconformity in and of itself is not a disorder.
Strong affirmation that attempts to change a person's gender identity through "reparative" therapy are ineffective and unethical.
