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Bookmark or Share- The Psychology of Transgender - American Psychological Association (APA)Education about transgender issues can play a role in increasing acceptance of and curbing violence against the transgender community. Walter Bockting, PhD , is professor of medical psychology (in psychiatry and nursing), co-director of the LGBT Health Initiative, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, and a research scientist at the New ...
- A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movementsThe increasing expansion of a global LGBT rights movement suffered a setback during the 1980s, as the gay male community was decimated by the Aids epidemic, demands for compassion and medical funding led to renewed coalitions between men and women as well as angry street theatre by groups like Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Queer ...
- Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender ...Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns) and Division 44 (the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues) initiated a joint Task Force on Psychological Practice Guidelines with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People in 2011. Task Force members were selected through an application
- Answers to Your Questions - American Psychological Association (APA)people through peer support groups and transgender community organizations is also helpful. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), a professional organization devoted to the treatment of transgender people, publishes The Standards of Care, which offers recommendations for the provision of
- Answers to your questions about transgender people, gender identity ...Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from socially constructed norms associated with their birth sex. This includes androgynous, bigendered and gender queer people, who tend to see traditional concepts of gender as restrictive.
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