September 23, 2022*WPATH Condemns Dangerous Misinformation*The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) condemns recent misinformation targeting Dr. Amy Tishelman,PhD, the lead author of the Child Chapter of the Standards of Care 8. Defamatory reports have not only misidentified her WPATH role but also completely misrepresented comments she made at the recent WPATH Symposium. Dr. Tishelman never mentioned anything related to medical or surgical management of transgender adolescents or the ages at wh ...Continue Reading

      The newly released WPATH Standards of Care Version 8 clearly define the treatment of transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents, including medical interventions such as puberty delaying medications or gender-affirming hormones, and when appropriate, surgical interventions, as medically necessary. Recently, there have been numerous political and legal efforts to restrict, ban, or even make this lifesaving care illegal. These efforts ignore the science in this field and place transg ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH colleagues,I am pleased to announce awardees for the Inaugural USPATH President's Discretionary Fund Equity Stipend. These awards provide up to a $1200 stipend for each of two student-member attendees at the in-person Montreal conference, who identify as people of color. Our awardees were selected at random from the 23 qualified applications we received.AC Noël Rakotoniaina is a transmasculine/non-conforming identified person of Black/African American and Merina heritage, and is currently completing a m ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH colleagues,I am pleased to announce awardees for the Inaugural USPATH President's Discretionary Fund Equity Stipend. These awards provide up to a $1200 stipend for each of two student-member attendees at the in-person Montreal conference, who identify as people of color. Our awardees were selected at random from the 23 qualified applications we received.AC Noël Rakotoniaina is a transmasculine/non-conforming identified person of Black/African American and Merina heritage, and is currently completing a m ...Continue Reading

September 15, 2022Contact: Cindi Creager, CreagerCole Communications (646) 279-4559, cindi@PROTECTEDWorld Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Releases the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8/East Dundee, Illinois - /Following five-years of rigorous scientific effort by more than 120 health care clinical and academic professionals across the globe, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has released the Standards of Care for t ...Continue Reading

September 7, 2022On behalf of the Board of Directors of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), we want to thank all the outstanding candidates for putting their names forward to run for the Global Board and for their willingness to serve WPATH.We are pleased to welcome and announce the newly elected WPATH Board Members-at-Large (4-year terms), who will be installed on September 20, 2022, at the 27th Scientific Symposium, being held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.• Scott Leibowitz, MD• Chris ...Continue Reading

Dear AllDue to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to pause the online release of SOC8, we hope to have this sorted out within the next 7-10 days, and will reach out once we have a new release date of SOC8. Thank you in advance for your understanding.All bestWPATH Board & SOC8 Co-Chairs ...Continue Reading

*WPATH *President's Message regarding Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 830 August 2022Dear WPATH Members and Supporters,I hope this message finds you and yours all well, safe and healthy.I am pleased to share with you the latest update regarding the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 (SOC-8).The final corrections have been submitted last week to the Senior Production Editor and Team of Taylor & Francis, who publishes ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH Colleagues,I would like to announce a very special effort we are taking to increase equity and representation of people of color at the 2022 Conference, in USPATH, and in the field of transgender health. Using the USPATH President's Discretionary Fund as seed funding, we will be awarding stipends in the amount of $1200 USD to two (2) current USPATH Student Members who identify with a non-white race or ethnicity, who are attending the 2022 Symposium, live in Montreal.Awardees will be chosen by random dra ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues,I apologize for the time that has passed since my last President's Note. Summertime has a habit of speeding by faster than one can realize, with summer camp schedules, travel, and lazy warm weekends, and I hope you all have been able to enjoy yours.The USPATH Board and Staff have been hard at work on a number of efforts and initiatives. We are continuing to develop our committee infrastructure and process, as well as other ways for members to get involved via Special Interest Groups, more to come on this ...Continue Reading