Doctor Promotes Medical View of ->-bleeped-<-
Clinic founder decries labeling ->-bleeped-<- as a psychological issue
By Alice E. Underwood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/11/24/medical-spack-clinic-->-bleeped-<-/Norman P. Spack, a pediatric endocrinologist who works with transgendered youth, promoted the treatment of ->-bleeped-<- as a medical condition, as opposed to a psychiatric disorder, during a talk hosted by the Harvard Transgender Task Force yesterday evening.
During the event, which was held to kick off Transgender Awareness Week, Spack said that looking at ->-bleeped-<- from a medical perspective will change the public perception that it is a psychological problem.
Spack, the senior associate in the endocrine division at Boston Children's Hospital, co-founded the Gender Management Services Program, a clinic that provides treatments to delay the onset of puberty in children questioning their gender.
