WPATH announces new standards of care for transgender and gender nonconforming p

[Shana A]

WPATH announces new standards of care for transgender and gender nonconforming people
by Dyana Bagby   
September 25, 2011 19:57

http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/news/national-news/3497-wpath-announces-new-standards-of-care-for-transgender-and-gender-nonconforming-people

There were champagne toasts and rounds of applause as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health released on Sunday its newest Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People  at a symposium at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta.

WPATH revision committee chair Eli Coleman launched the 7th version of the standards of care to some 300 people who attended the symposium as part of a partnership with the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association and the Southern Comfort Conference, the largest transgender conference in the nation that takes place annually in Atlanta.

"This is a momentous occasion," Coleman said before he conducted a brief outline of the standards of care.

[SandraJane]

Okay, now they're announcing it! It was posted on the Cal Tech Under Grad Computer Science center server first though...hmmmm...

[Emily Ray]

I downloaded a copy last night at the Gay Atlanta voice web site. Considering my present circumstances I like the better explanation of what gender therapy is. It wasn't very well defined before and I have been told by providers that therapy is therapy and there is no need for a GT specificaly. I think the paragraphs that describe the need for consultation with other GT's and the need for them to have training. Is helpful. I am not saying that everyone needs this to transition.

Huggs

Emily