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! ! !! ! TRANS* 2014 EMERGING TRENDS ! ! Friday April 4th 9.30 ! Registrations! 10.00 ! Welcome and introductions! 10.30 ! Dr Meng-Chuan Lai - The Gender and Autism Spectra: Crossroads and Unresolved Mystery! 11.10! Coffee break for 30 minutes! 11.40! Dr Victoria Holt- Associated Difficulties presenting in families of Gender Variant young people ! 12.20 ! Alex Drummond - Genderqueer: an auto-ethnographic report from the frontier of Trans*! 13.00 ! Lunch! 14.00! Seminars ! Christina Richards - Trans* - Clinical Aspirations and Pragmatics ! or! ! Lee Middlehurst - Online Questionnaires: Re-conceiving Transgenderism to Help All Trans ! ! Identities! 15.00 ! Comfort break for 15 minutes! 15.15! Seminars ! ! Tina Livingstone - Impacting practice - trans' clients perception of what is helpful and unhelpful ! in therapy ! or ! ! Nicola Horley - The narratives of those who identify as gender variant but who live without surgical ! interventions! 16.15! Closing speeches! !16.30 ! Close! Saturday April 5th! 9.30 ! Registrations! 10.00 ! Welcome and introductions! 10.30! Dr Meg Barker on Non-Binary Genders! 11.00 ! 10 minutes Q & A! 11.10 ! Coffee break for 30 minutes! 11.40! Michelle Bridgman on The role of therapy before & during transition! !12.10 ! 10 minutes Q & A! 12.20 ! Sam Feeney on Adolescent Emerging Trans Identities & the law! 12.50! 10 minutes Q & A! 13.00 ! Lunch for an hour! 14.00! GIRES - the creation of educational resources and information! ! Mermaids - peer support for families of gender variant young people! ! Clinic Q - setting up a sexual health clinic for trans* people ! 15.00 ! Comfort break for 15 minutes! 15.15! Amanda Middleton, Serge Nicholson and Paris Lees in discussion with Dominic Davies ! ! discussing “Is Trans-Oriented an emerging sexual orientation?” ! !16.30 ! Close! Friday Keynotes! The Gender and Autism Spectra: Crossroads and Unresolved Mystery Both gender and autism are constructs used to describe a spectrum of social, behavioural, cognitive, and probably biological characteristics that varies substantially in human being. The relationships between the two spectra have been proposed in certain theoretical formulation. Recent research in multiple domains (psychology, biology, social sciences) has started to provide relevant descriptive and empirical findings. This talk will summarise current knowledge regarding the relationships between the two spectra, and the many remaining questions that await clarification. Dr Meng-Chuan Lai, MD., PhD. Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge Meng-Chuan Lai is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and autism researcher. He is Research Associate at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the National Taiwan University. His research focuses on disentangling the relationships between sex/gender and autism at multiple levels. He also studies other neurodevelopmental conditions (ADHD, tic disorders), adolescent mental health (anxiety, depression, early psychosis, and addiction), sexual identity and gender development, and resilience. www.autismresearchcentre.com Associated Difficulties presenting in families of Gender Variant young people This paper presents the findings from an audit on demographic variables and associated difficulties in 218 children and adolescents, with features of gender dysphoria, referred to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London during a one-year period. Data were extracted from patient files (i.e. referral letters, clinical notes and clinician reports). The most commonly reported associated difficulties were bullying, low mood/depression and self harming. There was a gender difference on some of the associated difficulties with reports of self harm and abuse being more common in the natal females and Autism Spectrum Conditions being more common in the natal males. The findings also show that most of the difficulties seems to increase with age. Findings regarding demographic variables, gender dysphoria, sexual orientation and family features are reported and limitations and implications of the audit are !discussed. Dr Victoria Holt is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist specialising in working with gender dysphoric children, adolescents and their families. She works in a National Specialist Team at the Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock Clinic in London and has a number of years of experience in !this area. She also does group work and works with partners of Trans people. She joined the team of Clinical Associates at Pink Therapy in June 2013 and is a Graduate of the Diploma !in Gender and Sexual Diversity Therapy Genderqueer: an auto-ethnographic report from the frontier of Trans* On the borderlands of gender, intentionally inhabiting a space she defines as 'explicitly trans*' - and thereby not 'passing' but ‘being', the author reports back on the findings of three years of being out' as a trans- female. So, what are the possibilities and realities for a new generation of people in the C21st !contemplating options lived beyond the gender assigned at birth? What might the experience of a genderqueer trans-activist, especially one presenting female on a male frame, tell us about social attitudes to gender expression and definition? How might it inform our practice !as clinicians in the field? And if 'transsexualism' has to some extent an established anthology of research to call on, what do we actually know of the experience of non-surgical transition, and specifically the new and emerging identities !that sit beyond hegemonic gender binaries? This paper offers a unique insight into those uncharted waters: drawing on personally derived data Alex will set out to answer those questions from a subjective-reflexive position. ! Alex Drummond is both Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with research and clinical interests in transgender and ADHD. A senior accredited clinician with BACP and accredited as a specialist in sexual and gender diversity with Pink Therapy she continues to combine research, activism, and clinical work with a passion for photography. www.talkmebetter.co.uk ! Friday Seminars Trans* - Clinical aspirations and pragmatics Trans* is a wide and often contentious area which invites vigorous debate, both in the purely academic and also the clinical literatures. It is also an area which is constantly evolving and consequently invites continuing engagement from NHS clinicians who must necessarily critically engage with shifts in the evidence base and wider thought. In doing so a balance must be struck such that quality up-to-date care is provided, but also such that potentially damaging change is not instigated on an inadequate basis simply because it is in line with the zeitgeist. This conference paper considers future directions of clinical practice within the NHS, especially pertaining to non-binary genders, and the pragmatic realities which should be !met to ensure that safe, effective interventions are available which are free at the point of delivery. Christina Richards is Senior Specialist Psychology Associate at the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and West London Mental Health NHS Trust (Charing Cross) Gender Clinics. She works in this capacity as an individual and group psychotherapist and psychologist conducting psychotherapy, assessment and follow-up clinics as part of a multidisciplinary team. She is an accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She lectures and publishes on trans, sexualities and critical mental health, both within academia and to third sector and statutory bodies. She is the co-author of the BPS Guidelines and Literature Review for Counselling Sexual and Gender Minority Clients; A clinical guidebook on sexuality and gender published by Sage: Richards, C., & Barker. M. (2013). Sexuality and gender for mental health professionals: A practical guide. London: Sage; and is the co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender, which is due to be published in 2015. http:// !christinarichardspsychologist.wordpress.com/ "Online Questionnaires: Re-conceiving Transgenderism to Help All Trans Identities" From 2nd Jan. 2007 to 12th Dec. 2010 six different types of online questionnaires were available that gained information about the diverse trans identities. When they closed, they had gathered 390,227 inputs from respondents. This presentation will discuss some of the data, presenting graphs that visually indicate the distinctiveness of this information. There will also be discussions about future studies of these !questionnaires. Lee R J Middlehurst has a doctorate in Sociology and Criminology and has studied trans communities in Manchester, which includes examining data concerning contemporary (transphobic) hate crimes. He is !also an author, film-maker and artist producing work that promotes environmental awareness. ! Impacting practice - trans' clients perception of helpfulness and unhelpfulness in therapy The BACP’s Systematic review of research on counselling and psychotherapy for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people reported “helpfulness of psychotherapy was associated with the client’s perception of their therapist’s attitude” (p.7), moreover that negative attitudes predicted lower satisfaction (5.1.5). Having recently completed post graduate research into Trans-identified and Trans-historied people's experience of therapy this presentation will ask participants