World Professional Association for Transgender Health

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity and gender dysphoria, and creating standardized treatment for transgender and gender variant people. WPATH was founded in September 1979 by endocrinologist and sexologist Harry Benjamin, with the goal of creating an international community of professionals specializing in treating gender variance.[4][5]

World Professional Association for Transgender Health
AbbreviationWPATH
FormationSeptember 1979 (1979-09)
TypeNGO
94-2675140[1]
Legal status501(c)(3)[1]
PurposeTo promote evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy, and respect in transgender health.[2]
HeadquartersEast Dundee, Illinois, U.S.
ProductsStandards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People
Walter Pierre Bouman, MD, PhD[3]
Marci Bowers, MD[3]
Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH[3]
Loren Schechter, MD[3]
Board Members-at-Large - (2018 - 2022); Tamara Adrian, JD; Jaimie Veale, PhD; (2020 – 2022); Javier Belinky, MD; Michael Marshall, MBBS, MRCPSYCH, CCT, PGDIP (LAW); (2020 – 2024); Christina Richards, PSYD; Stephen Rosenthal, MD; Sanjay Sharma, MBBS, MMS;

Christina Richards, PSYD(EPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Erica Anderson, PhD (USPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Greg Mak, MD, FRCP, MBBS (ASIAPATH REPRESENTATIVE); Jared Boot, MA (EX-OFFICIO MEMBER - WPATH STUDENT INITIATIVE REPRESENTATIVE)

[3]
Revenue (2016)
$1,245,915[2]
Expenses (2016)$1,144,284[2]
Employees (2016)
0[2]
Websitewww.wpath.org
Formerly called
Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association

Organization

Membership

Professionals include anyone working in disciplines such as medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, speech and voice therapy and sexology. Non-professionals may also join, paying the same membership fee, but without voting privileges.[6] The organization is funded by its membership and by donations and grants from non-commercial sources.[7]

Regional organizations

WPATH is affiliated with several regional organizations, including the European Professional Association for Transgender Health, the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health and ASIAPATH.[8]

Standards of Care
Main article: Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People

WPATH publishes the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, educates professionals and consumers, sponsors scientific conferences, and provides ethical guidelines for professionals.[9] The first version of the Standards of Care were published in 1979.[10] Version 7 was published in 2011.[11] WPATH released Version 8 in 2022.[12]

History

The organization was originally named after Harry Benjamin, one of the earliest physicians to work with transgender people.[13]

Presidents
  • Paul A. Walker, Ph.D., 1979–1981
  • Donald R. Laub, M.D., 1981–1983
  • Milton T. Edgerton, M.D., 1983–1985
  • Ira B. Pauly, M.D., 1985–1987
  • Aaron T. Bilowitz, M.D., 1987–1989
  • Jan Walinder, M.D., 1989–1991
  • Leah Schaefer, Ed.D., 1991–1995
  • Friedmann Pfaefflin, M.D. 1995–1997
  • Richard Green, J.D., 1997–1999
  • Alice Webb, DHS, 1999
  • Eli Coleman, Ph.D., 1999–2003
  • Walter Meyer III, M.D., 2003–2005
  • Stan Monstrey, M.D., 2005–2007
  • Stephen Whittle, OBE, 2007–2009
  • Walter O.Bockting, Ph.D., L.P., 2009–2011
  • Lin Fraser, Ed.D., 2011–2013
  • Jamison Green, Ph.D., 2013–2015
  • Gail Knudson, M.D., FRCPC, 2016–2018
  • Vin Tangpricha, M.D., Ph.D., 2018–2020
  • Walter Pierre Bouman, M.D., Ph.D., 2020–2022
  • Marci Bowers, M.D., 2022–2024

References
  1. "World Professional Association For Transgender Health Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  2. "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax Archived 2022-06-18 at the Wayback Machine". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Guidestar. December 31, 2016.
  3. ["https://www.wpath.org/about/EC-BOD Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine]". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  4. "World Professional Association for Transgender Health". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  5. "International Symposia - WPATH World Professional Association for Transgender Health". www.wpath.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  6. "WPATH Official website, Membership Information". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  7. "WPATH Official website, Mission & Vision". Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  8. "Regional Organizations". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Archived from the original on 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2022-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. Wong, Gillian (June 17, 2009). China preps 1st guidelines for sex change surgery. Archived 2022-06-18 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian
  10. Figures, K. (2007). Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Is Founded. In Faderman, Lillian & Retter, Yolanda (Eds.). Great Events from History: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Events, 1848-2006 Salem Press, ISBN 978-1-58765-263-9
  11. "Standards of Care, Version 7". Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  12. Coleman, E.; Radix, A. E.; Bouman, W. P.; Brown, G. R.; de Vries, A. L. C.; Deutsch, M. B.; Ettner, R.; Fraser, L.; Goodman, M.; Green, J.; Hancock, A. B.; Johnson, T. W.; Karasic, D. H.; Knudson, G. A.; Leibowitz, S. F. (2022-08-19). "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8". International Journal of Transgender Health. 23 (sup1): S1–S259. doi:10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644. ISSN 2689-5269. PMC 9553112. PMID 36238954. S2CID 252127302.
  13. Allee, Kegan M. "Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association". In Encyclopedia of gender and society, Volume 1, p. 402. SAGE, ISBN 978-1-4129-0916-7
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