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| Abbreviation | WPATH |
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| Formation | September 1979 |
| Type | NGO |
| 94-2675140[1] | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3)[1] |
| Purpose | To promote evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy, and respect in transgender health.[2] |
| Headquarters | East Dundee, Illinois, U.S. |
| Products | Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People |
Membership (2021) | 2,700[3] |
| Walter Pierre Bouman[4] | |
| Marci Bowers[4] | |
| Asa Radix[4] | |
| Loren Schechter[4] | |
| Board Members-at-Large - (2018 - 2022); Tamara Adrian; Jaimie Veale; (2020 – 2022); Javier Belinky; Michael Marshall; (2020 – 2024); Christina Richards; Stephen Rosenthal; Sanjay Sharma;
Christina Richards (EPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Erica Anderson (USPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Greg Mak (ASIAPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Jared Boot (EX-OFFICIO MEMBER - WPATH STUDENT INITIATIVE REPRESENTATIVE) [4] | |
Revenue (2016) | $1,245,915[2] |
| Expenses (2016) | $1,144,284[2] |
Employees (2016) | 0[2] |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association |
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity and gender dysphoria, and creating standardized treatment for transgender and gender variant people. WPATH was founded in September 1979 by endocrinologist and sexologist Harry Benjamin, with the goal of creating an international community of professionals specializing in treating gender variance.[5][6]
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Organization
Membership
Professionals include anyone working in disciplines such as medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, speech and voice therapy and sexology. Non-professionals may also join, paying the same membership fee, but without voting privileges.[7] The organization is funded by its membership and by donations and grants from non-commercial sources.[8]
Regional organizations
WPATH is affiliated with several regional organizations, including the European Professional Association for Transgender Health, the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health and ASIAPATH.[9]
Standards of Care
WPATH publishes the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, educates professionals and consumers, sponsors scientific conferences, and provides ethical guidelines for professionals.[10] The first version of the Standards of Care were published in 1979.[11] Version 7 was published in 2011.[12] WPATH released Version 8 in 2022.[13]
History
The organization was originally named after Harry Benjamin, one of the earliest physicians to work with transgender people.[14]
Presidents
- Paul A. Walker, Ph.D., 1979–1981
- Donald R. Laub, M.D., 1981–1983
- Milton T. Edgerton, M.D., 1983–1985
- Ira B. Pauly, M.D., 1985–1987
- Aaron T. Bilowitz, M.D., 1987–1989
- Jan Walinder, M.D., 1989–1991
- Leah Schaefer, Ed.D., 1991–1995
- Friedmann Pfaefflin, M.D. 1995–1997
- Richard Green, J.D., 1997–1999
- Alice Webb, DHS, 1999[15]
- Eli Coleman, Ph.D., 1999–2003
- Walter Meyer III, M.D., 2003–2005
- Stan Monstrey, M.D., 2005–2007
- Stephen Whittle, OBE, 2007–2009
- Walter O.Bockting, Ph.D., L.P., 2009–2011
- Lin Fraser, Ed.D., 2011–2013
- Jamison Green, Ph.D., 2013–2015
- Gail Knudson, M.D., FRCPC, 2016–2018
- Vin Tangpricha, M.D., Ph.D., 2018–2020
- Walter Pierre Bouman, M.D., Ph.D., 2020–2022
- Marci Bowers, M.D., 2022–2024
References
- ^ a b "World Professional Association For Transgender Health Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax Archived 2022-06-18 at the Wayback Machine". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Guidestar. December 31, 2016.
- ^ Bowers, Marci (January 11, 2021). Dear WPATH Membership (PDF). WPATH.
WPATH has seen significant growth in its membership and programming over the past year, now with more than 2700 members and 49 countries represented.
- ^ a b c d e ["https://www.wpath.org/about/EC-BOD Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine]". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "World Professional Association for Transgender Health". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "International Symposia". WPATH. Archived from the original on 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Membership Information". WPATH. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ^ "WPATH". Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ^ "Regional Organizations". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Archived from the original on 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Wong, Gillian (June 17, 2009). China preps 1st guidelines for sex change surgery. Archived 2022-06-18 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian
- ^ Figures, K. (2007). Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Is Founded. In Faderman, Lillian & Retter, Yolanda (Eds.). Great Events from History: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Events, 1848-2006 Salem Press, ISBN 978-1-58765-263-9
- ^ "Standards of Care, Version 7". Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ Coleman, E.; Radix, A. E.; Bouman, W. P.; Brown, G. R.; de Vries, A. L. C.; Deutsch, M. B.; Ettner, R.; Fraser, L.; Goodman, M.; Green, J.; Hancock, A. B.; Johnson, T. W.; Karasic, D. H.; Knudson, G. A.; Leibowitz, S. F. (2022-08-19). "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8". International Journal of Transgender Health. 23 (sup1): S1–S259. doi:10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644. ISSN 2689-5269. PMC 9553112. PMID 36238954. S2CID 252127302.
- ^ Allee, Kegan M. "Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association". In Encyclopedia of gender and society, Volume 1, p. 402. SAGE, ISBN 978-1-4129-0916-7
- ^ "Alice Webb Obituary (2008) - Houston, TX - Houston Chronicle". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
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