Submit Your Abstract Today for the WPATH 28th Scientific Symposium 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 Symposia to be considered for presentation at the WPATH 28th Scientific Symposium. The *WPATH 28th Scientific Symposium “/A Gender Diverse World in Global Unity/”* will be held at the *EPIC SANA Lisboa* in *Lisbon, Portugal*, *September 25-30, 2024*  ...Continue Reading

*Join WPATH GEI in Spain - Register Today and Save!*This live WPATH GEI Course Series will be fully bilingual (Spanish & English). These courses are offered by WPATH to train healthcare providers globally in context and principles of the WPATH Standard of Care 8 and their implementation into clinical practice. Attendees gain access to leading professionals, CEs, networking opportunities, credit towards WPATH Certification, and more!APRIL 5-6:  WPATH GEI Foundations Course APRIL 7:  WPATH GEI Advanced Medi ...Continue Reading

Translations of the WPATH Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People - Version 8 (SOC8)Dear Membership,The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) is pleased to report that the Thai SOC8 translation has been completed and is available here as a PDF.WPATH would particularly like to thank Dr. Sira Korpaisarn and the entire Thai Translation Team for their extraordinary efforts.[*]Consulting leader: Sira Korpaisarn, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology and ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH colleagues, I hope you are weathering this winter with the warmth of those who support you and your work. As we honor and celebrate Black History Month, I am reminded of a quote from James Baldwin: We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.The slew of opinion articles of late are not fact-based reporting, they are not honest faith discussions of the evidence; they are in fact deliberate attempts to harm transgend ...Continue Reading

Dear WPATH Members and Colleagues,It is our pleasure to inform you that the GenderCOS Genital Gender Surgery project is available for your participation.The GenderCOS is an international consensus study that will shape and strengthen future clinical research on genital gender surgery by creating a standardized set of outcomes for both feminizing and masculinizing genital gender affirming surgery. To be able to make these sets representative, it requires the participation of experts by experience and experts by professio ...Continue Reading

Register Today and Join Us Live for WPATH GEI Courses in 2024WPATH GEI Live Course Series in Marbella, SpainHard Rock Hotel Marbella April 5-7, 2024 We are excited to announce that we are bringing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH) Global Education Institute (GEI) Core Curriculum Courses to Marbella, Spain, *April 5-7, 2024*, at the Hard Rock Hotel Marbella, presented with generous support from facialteam. This live GEI program will include the *WPATH GEI Foundations Cours ...Continue Reading

*Dear Membership,**We are pleased to report that the SOC8 has now been translated into 6 languages, namely Georgian, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, and most recently Ukrainian. All translations are available on our website – free of charge and please feel free to disseminate as widely as possible.**The latest translation of the SOC8 in Ukrainian has been completed under extremely difficult circumstances due to the Russo-Ukrainian War. The Ukrainian trans-led Organization "Cohort" works, among other t ...Continue Reading

*Register Today and Join WPATH GEI in Marbella, Spain!* ** We are excited to announce that we are bringing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH) Global Education Institute (GEI) Core Curriculum Courses to Marbella, Spain, *April 5-7, 2024*, at the Hard Rock Hotel Marbella, presented with generous support from facialteam. This live GEI program will include the *WPATH GEI Foundations Course* for all healthcare professionals, as well as the *WPATH GEI Advanced Medical Course* fo ...Continue Reading

Dear USPATH colleagues, I hope you were able to find rest at the end of 2023 and that 2024 has started well for you and the people important in your lives. First, I would like to applaud the merger of the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. As they become Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) we are excited for the opportunity to continue to work with them to share our experience and expertise in providing care for trans person. Like many of you, we are watching c ...Continue Reading

SAVE THE DATE!Join WPATH GEI in Marbella, Spain, for our live offering of the WPATH GEI Foundations Course, Advanced Medical, and Advanced Mental Health! Registration will open by February 1 - mark your calendars to join us April 6-8, 2024, in Marbella. ...Continue Reading