USPATH President, Dr. Madeline Deutsch, and the USPATH Board of Directors have released the following statement - The United States Professional Association for Transgender Health(USPATH) is strongly opposed to Gov. Greg Abbott and the State of Texas' intention to identify gender affirming care for trans and gender diverse youth as "child abuse", and to investigate these cases through the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Ample evidence supports gender affirming interventions,...CLICK HE ...Continue Reading

Please register to join WPATH's next three Virtual Book Club Episodes. We are holding an Indian Subcontinent Series for our next three book club episodes. Mark your calendars for March 18, 2022, April 8, 2022 and May 20, 2022 11:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT. We are happy to report that Dr. Aqsa Skaikh, Amrita Sarkar, and Aadi will be the upcoming featured guests for the next three WPATH Book Club installments, join us to discuss their projects. Please view our flyer for more information on the ...Continue Reading

WPATH's Global Education Institute Announces Its New Committees and Upcoming Events - February 2022 UpdateWe want to update you on the expanded Global Education Institute (GEI) Committees, and provide an outline of upcoming courses and events for this year. Global Education Institute Committee UpdateWe were excited to receive applications from over 60 eligible candidates for the GEI Committees, and 52 members were invited to be part of the committee structure. As per our last newsletter, we have divided t ...Continue Reading

WPATH has an exciting announcement for the next three Virtual Book Club Episodes. We will be holding a Indian Subcontinent Series for our next three book club episodes. Mark your calendars for March 18, 2022, April 8, 2022 and May 20, 2022 11:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT. We are happy to report that Dr. Aqsa Skaikh, Amrita Sarkar, and Aadi will be the upcoming featured guests for the next three WPATH Book Club installments, join us to discuss their projects. Please view our flyer for more informatio ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH Colleagues, I am writing to encourage nominations for both the Nominating Committee as well as the At-Large Board Member positions, which are both open until Monday, January 31, 2022. While we have had a number of qualified applicants, we wish to have as broad a field as possible, and especially encourage applicants from disciplines other than the behavioral health specialties.A couple of important things to note about the Nominating Committee position - it requires a minimum of 3 years of active USPATH memb ...Continue Reading

WPATH is pleased to announce the opening of our call for abstract submissions for the 27th Scientific Symposium!*Invitation to Participate*The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) invites the submission of abstracts for Oral and Poster sessions as well as State-of-the-Art Mini Symposia to be considered for presentation at the WPATH 27th Scientific Symposium. *The symposium will be presented in a hybrid format with both live and pre-recorded virtual content  from September 16 - 20, ...Continue Reading

 January 21, 2022 Dear USPATH Colleagues, As I write this in the first month of 2022, I am thinking about the intersection between possibility and uncertainty. At a societal level, we’re in yet the next round of covid whiplash, as the omicron variant runs wild in our communities and schools; also as I write this, my daughter is back in school with fingers crossed after two separate five-day quarantine closures in the past 3 weeks. The fabric of our nation appears to be stretched to the limit, with divisio ...Continue Reading

Hello WPATH Members,We are excited to share some new benefits for members only - WPATH has added the 2021 Journal Club and Book Club recordings to the website! If  you misssed one of these events last year, or you would like to listen to them again, the recordings are available for you.The recordings available on the 2021 WPATH Journal Club page include:[*]Episode 1 - Recorded on April 29, 2021 - Health Disparities Between Binary and Non-binary Trans People: A Community-driven Survey by Aisa Bur ...Continue Reading

Dear Student Members of WPATH:On behalf of the WPATH Student Initiative and the Board of Directors, we are pleased to present you with the ballot for the next WPATH Student Initiative (WSI) Vice Chair.This elected position spans approximately 2 years. The elected person will serve as WSI Vice Chair from January 2022 until December 2022. Beginning in January 2023, the elected person will assume the WSI Chair role until December 2023 (or until their successor takes the role). We released an open call for nominations from ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH Members:There is still time to apply for the USPATH newly created Election Nominating Committee (3 openings) and Open Board Positions (2 openings).[*]3 USPATH members to serve on a newly created USPATH Election Nominating Committee (application deadline is January 9) and, [*]Applicants for the Secretary and Member-at-Large positions (application deadline is January 23) to sit on the USPATH Board of Directors. Please read the announcements below and apply for the positions you are interested in; we are l ...Continue Reading