*CALL FOR APPLICATIONS**WPATH Student Initiative Vice Chair**Due December 5, 2021* *WPATH is seeking applications for our next WPATH Student Initiative (WSI) Vice Chair, who will go on (in 2023) to serve as Chair of WSI and Student Representative to the WPATH Board of Directors, as an ex-officio member.* This elected position spans approximately 2 years. [*]The elected person will serve as WSI Vice Chair from January 1, 2022 until December 31, 2022. [*]Beginning on January 1, 2023, the elected person will assu ...Continue Reading

Hello WPATH Members & Supporters, We wanted to take this opportunity to send an update on the WPATH Global Education Institute (GEI), our upcoming offerings, and the committee formation process. _WPATH Global Education Institute Committee Process_The GEI Steering Group is thrilled to have received a robust pool of applicants for GEI Committee Co-lead positions, and we are working to review and select those members. Here is where we are and where we are going:[*]We have officially seated all Co-le ...Continue Reading

Last Chance to Apply - Submit Your Application for Open Positions on the USPATH Board of DirectorsDeadline: Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 11:59PM EST There is still time to apply for the following positions on the USPATH Board of Directors:[*]1 Secretary of the Board Director position (2-year term) [*]1 President-Elect position (2-year term) [*]1 Student Member position (2-year term) With this round of positions, we will be in a standard 2-year rotation of board positions. Candidates for the Secretary and Presi ...Continue Reading

WPATH Journal Club – Episode 3 on Monday, December 13, 2021, from 1pm – 2pm Eastern TimeWe are excited to announce Episode 3 of our new virtual WPATH Journal Club on Monday, December 13, 2021, from 1pm – 2pm Eastern Time. This online meeting format, featuring articles from the International Journal of Transgender Health (IJTH), allows participants the opportunity to delve further into transgender health research topics and ask questions of the authors. In addition to earning valuable CME credits and ANCC contact hours, ...Continue Reading

*Join Us at the USPATH 2021 Virtual Town Hall Session*/Sunday, November 7, 2021: 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time/*Taking Place LIVE via ZOOM* *Join Us and Share with Your Networks!* The USPATH Board of Directors would like to invite you to the USPATH 2021 Virtual Community Town Hall, taking place *LIVE *via *Zoom Webinar *during the USPATH 2021 Scientific Symposium. *When*Sunday, November 7, 20212:00pm – 3:15pm Eastern Standard Time *Open to Everyone*Town Hall attendees will watch live and have the oppo ...Continue Reading

Dear US Members of WPATH (USPATH Members):We hope this message finds you all safe and healthy, and we look forward to seeing all of you at the USPATH 2021 Scientific Symposium. If you haven't registered yet, there's still time.At this time, we  announce a Call for Applications for the following positions on the USPATH Board of Directors:[*]1 Secretary of the Board Director position (2-year term) [*]1 President-Elect position (2-year term) [*]1 Student Member position (2-year term) With this round of positions, we w ...Continue Reading

USPATH 2021 Plenary Speaker Highlight: Cecilia GentiliCecilia Gentili is an advocate, organizer, and storyteller working at the intersections of sex work, immigrant rights, incarceration issues, and trans liberation. Originally from Argentina, Cecilia came to the United States and survived for 10 years as an undocumented immigrant, gaining a living through sex work. She has years of experience working in direct services with organizations like The LGBT Center and Apicha Community Health Center, which led to her moving i ...Continue Reading

On behalf of the WPATH Global Education Institute, we are happy to partner again with Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) to bring you the Advanced Courses and Workshops, being held virtually and live through December 9, 2021.IEHP has been generous enough to greatly supplement your registration fee for these accredited courses, attendees only pay $75 for an Advanced Course and Workshop Package, a package includes one Advanced Course (Advanced Medical OR Advanced Mental Health) AND one Advanced Workshop ...Continue Reading

                                                          Joint Letter from USPATH and WPATHThe United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH) and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) stand behind the appropriate care of transgender and gender diverse youth, which includes, when indicated, the use of "puberty block ...Continue Reading

USPATH 2021 Plenary Speaker Highlight: Dr. Elle Lett  /Elle Lett, MBiostat, MA, PhD, is a Black, transfemme and non-binary, statistician-epidemiologist and MD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. They are currently a postdoctoral fellow in statistical epidemiology at the Penn Medicine Palliative and Advanced Illness and Research (PAIR) Center *and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies*. They have three active research arms: //1) intersectional approaches to health for ethnoracia ...Continue Reading