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Standards of Care Version 7 Now Available!

Thank you for contacting us about the Standards of Care, Version 7. We are very interested in your feedback. Our Standards of Care Committee will review every comment we receive and take your questions, feedback and suggestions under advisement. Based upon the questions and feedback, we will be developing a Frequently Asked Questions for the Standards of Care and will make this available as soon as possible.

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Dr. Eli Coleman, Chair, WPATH Standards of Care Committee  Standards of Care, 7th Version.

Click Here to View a free version  of the Standards of Care, 7th Version.

 

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Preecha Tiewtranon, MDCongress Chairman

 

 

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Welcome Visitors!

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, HBIGDA), is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders. WPATH Mission Statement.

As an international multidisciplinary professional Association the mission of WPATH is to promote evidence based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy and respect in transgender health.

WPATH Vision Statement

The vision of WPATH is to bring together diverse professionals dedicated to developing best practices and supportive policies worldwide that promote health, research, education, respect, dignity, and equality for transgender, transsexual, and gender-variant people in all cultural settings.

Searching for a Referral or Resources?

WPATH is pleased to provide a free online FIND A PROVIDER database to find providers in your community.   A complete printed membership directory is available to all non-members for $15 each + Shipping & Handling. Complete the DIRECTORY ORDER FORM to receive a membership directory by mail. Please allow 3 weeks for delivery time. Feel free to check out our list of other REFERRAL RESOURCES LINKS.

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Transgender Health Equality Award goes to World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)

Trailblazing efforts improved the health and well-being of transgendered people worldwide......

Bean Robinson, Ph.D., Executive Director, WPATH, 612-624-9397, wpath@wpath.org
Vin Tangpricha, MD, Associate Professor, Emory University, 404-910-3636, vin.tangpricha@emory.edu

ATLANTA (September 24, 2011)-The Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), the largest and oldest association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health care professionals devoted to LGBT healthcare equality, honored the World Professional Association for Transgender Health with a GLMA Achievement Award. The award will be presented on Saturday evening, September 24, 2011, at GLMA's 29th Annual Conference in Atlanta.

GLMA's Achievement Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the LGBT community for exemplary commitment to improving and quality of health services for LGBT people, improving the environment for LGBT healthcare workers or for contributing significantly to gains made by the LGBT civil rights movement. Through its trailblazing efforts in health equality, WPATH has improved the health and well-being of transgender people worldwide.

Rep. John Lewis, the Institute of Medicine and the Atlanta Lesbian Health Initiative are among those who will also be honored by GLMA this year.