World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Standards of Care Version

[Shana A]

Sat Oct 22, 2011 at 03:30 PM PDT
World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Standards of Care Version 7

by wyldraven

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/22/1029113/-World-Professional-Association-for-Transgender-Health:-Standards-of-Care-Version-7

I attended a session today on the new WPATH Standards of Care given by the Transgender Foundation of America, and two young researchers in transgender care. "A leading researcher in FTM health, Colt Meier, and an emerging researcher in ->-bleeped-<- and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Levi Herman, were in attendance of the WPATH conference in Atlanta, GA, earlier this month, when the SOC were officially released."

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SOC 7 is far more patient focused. No longer are therapists and medical professionals placed in the proverbial gatekeeper role. Instead, the decisions about care (when, where, what) are primarily up to the trans person, with the professionals involvement more advisory. "Some patients may need hormones, a possible change in gender role, but not surgery; others may need a change in gender role along with surgery, but not hormones. In other words, treatment for gender dysphoria has become more individualized."