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World Professional Association for Transgender Health

Index World Professional Association for Transgender Health

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 dysphoria. [1]

15 relations: Alice Webb, Donald Laub, Eli Coleman, Harry Benjamin, Ira Pauly, Jamison Green, Non-governmental organization, Paul A. Walker (psychologist), Professional association, Richard Green (sexologist), Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People, Stephen Whittle, Tamara Adrián, The Guardian, Transsexual.

Alice Webb

Alice Webb is a British television executive.

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Donald Laub

Donald R. Laub Sr. (born January 1, 1935) is an American retired plastic surgeon who led multidisciplinary teams on reconstructive surgery missions to developing countries.

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Eli Coleman

Eli Coleman is an American sexologist.

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Harry Benjamin

Harry Benjamin (January 12, 1885 – August 24, 1986) was a German-American endocrinologist and sexologist, widely known for his clinical work with transsexualism.

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Ira Pauly

Ira Basil Pauly (born Nov. 15, 1930) is an American psychiatrist best known for his influential work on transsexualism.

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Jamison Green

Jamison "James" Green (born November 8, 1948) is a leader in the transgender rights movement.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Paul A. Walker (psychologist)

Paul Allen Walker (September 29, 1946 – November 16, 1991) was an American social psychologist and founding president of HBIGDA, the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association now known as WPATH, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health in 1979.

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Professional association

A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession and the public interest.

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Richard Green (sexologist)

Richard Green (born 6 June 1936) is an American sexologist, psychiatrist, lawyer, and author specializing in homosexuality and transsexualism, specifically gender identity disorder in children.

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Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People

The Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People are non-binding protocols outlining the usual treatment for individuals who wish to undergo hormonal or surgical transition to the other sex.

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Stephen Whittle

Stephen Thomas Whittle, (born 29 May 1955) is a British legal scholar and activist with the transgender activist group Press for Change.

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Tamara Adrián

Tamara Adrián (born 20 February 1954 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela in the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2015.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Transsexual

Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent with, or not culturally associated with, their assigned sex, and desire to permanently transition to the gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including hormone replacement therapy and other sex reassignment therapies) to help them align their body with their identified sex or gender.

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Redirects here:

HBIGDA, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, WPATH, World Professional Association of Transgender Health.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Professional_Association_for_Transgender_Health

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