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Program Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health September – , WPATH Biennial International Symposium Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health

September – , University of Minnesota Continuing Education Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia Units (CEUs) will be oﬀ ered for the WPATH Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA Symposium for a small fee. The CEU is an internationally recognized unit of measurement for WPATH will hold its Biennial Symposium participation in noncredit, continuing education in conjunction with the Southern Comfort programs. Adults who participate in University of Conference, the largest transgender community Minnesota programs that award CEUs will have a conference in the U.S., and the Gay and Lesbian permanent university record of the CEUs they have Medical Association’s Annual Conference. received through such participation. September,

Dear WPATH friends,

Welcome to the WPATH Biennial Symposium “Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health”! We are thrilled that you were able to join us for this very special meeting. Our conference kicks off with a pre-conference meeting for transgender healthcare providers on Saturday, September at the Emory Conference Center hotel. A new feature of the conference is a surgeons’ only meeting also being held on Saturday, September . This meeting will allow surgeons from around the world to spend time together discussing reﬁ nements in gender afﬁ rming surgeries. At . pm on Saturday afternoon, WPATH will open its doors to locals of the Olympic City of Atlanta for a special plenary session on “Transgender People in Sports”; please join us for that occasion!

For the ﬁ rst time in the history of the symposium, we will be hosting a joint conference day with two other associations on Sunday, September . The Southern Comfort Conference (SCC) (one of the largest continuously ongoing annual conventions for the trans community in the U.S.) and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) will be holding their annual conferences immediately prior to our biennial meeting and will join us at the Emory Conference Center Hotel on Sunday, September for a joint symposium day. The new WPATH Standards of Care will be released at the end of that day. The meeting will conclude with a hearty welcome reception, scientiﬁ c poster presentations, and a late night bowling party at the Emory Conference Center Hotel.

From Monday to Wednesday, the scientiﬁ c program will continue with several mini-symposia and plenary lectures. There will be a special Emory welcome hosted by Emory LGBT Life and the Emory School of Public Health at the end of the day on Monday on the Emory University campus. On Tuesday night, the WPATH Gala will be held at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Enjoy a cocktail hour in the front of the museum catching up with colleagues followed by a delicious traditional Southern style dinner catered by one of the best chefs in Atlanta. After dinner, enjoy exhibits and dancing. You do not want to miss this spectacular event!

The symposium concludes on Wednesday with a look ahead to the symposium in Bangkok, Thailand. We hope that you have a very educational, enjoyable and inspiring meeting. Welcome again to Atlanta!

Sincerely,

Vin Tangpricha, M.D., Ph.D. Walter Bockting, PhD Conference Chair Lin Fraser, EdD WPATH Atlanta Stephen Whittle, PhD Scientiﬁ c Program Chairs

WPATH acknowledges the generous support for the WPATH Symposium from the Tawani Foundation, the Foundation to Promote Open Society and the Open Society Institute, and University Plastic Surgery.

Scientiﬁ c Committee WPATH Biennial International Symposium Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health

Scientifi c Committee Scientifi c Committee Tarynn Madysyn Witten, PhD, Co-Chairs Abstract Reviewers LCSW Walter Bockting, PhD (USA) Becky Allison, MD David Yonkin, LCSW Lin Fraser, EdD (USA) Levi Alter, Rabbi Ken Zucker, PhD Stephen Whittle, PhD (UK) Judy Bradford, PhD John C. Capozuca, PhD Local Organizing Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, MD Scientifi c Committee Committee Chair Alexandros N., Constansis, Track Directors Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD PhD Richard Adler, PhD (USA) (USA) Georgia Dacakis, PhD Peggy Cohen Kettenis, PhD Madeline Deutsch, MD (Netherlands) lore m. dickey, MA Local Organizing Committee Eli Coleman, PhD (USA) Randall D. Ehrbar, PhD Faughn Adams, PhD (USA) Griet De Cuypere, MD, PhD Diane Ehrensaft, PhD Blake Alford (USA) (Belgium) Isabel Esteva Alexis Dinyovszky (a.k.a. Lexi Aaron Devor, PhD (Canada) Frederick Ettner, MD Dee) (USA) Randi Ettner, PhD (USA) Evan Eyler, MD Sucheta Kamath, MA (USA) Jamie Feldman, MD, PhD Diane Freedman, PhD Jason Schneider, MD (USA) (USA) Caroline Gibbs, LPC, NCC Michael Shutt, PhD (USA) Jamison Green, PhD (USA) Cesar Gonzalez, PhD Anneliese Singh, PhD (USA) Tone Maria Hansen (Norway) Wylie Hembree, MD Hector Vargas, JD (USA) Ira Haraldsen, MD, PhD Armand Hotmisky, PhD Dona Yarbrough, PhD (USA) (Norway) Sel J.Hwahng, PhD Alex Iantaffi , PhD (USA) Thomas W. Johnson, PhD Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW, CASAC Continuing Education Kevin Kapila, MD (USA) Committee Chair Dan H. Karasic, MD JoAnne Keatley, MSW (USA) Jason Schneider, MD (USA) M. Dru Levasseur, JD Emilia Lombardi, PhD (USA) Nicholas Matte, PhD Gal Mayer, MD (USA) Surgery Summit Co-Chairs Timo O. Nieder, PhD Heino Meyer Bahlburg, Dr. rer. (for invited participants only) Johanna Olson, MD nat. (USA) Stan Monstrey, MD, PhD Ivar Bollmann, Pedersen Stan Monstrey, MD, PhD (Belgium) Tonia Poteat, PA (Belgium) Toby Meltzer, MD (USA) Anita Radix, MD Katherine Rachlin, PhD (USA) Sari L. Reisner, MA Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD Christina Richards, BSc WPATH Administrative Staff (Belgium) Hertha Richter-Appelt, PhD Bean Robinson, PhD, Mick van Trotsenburg, MD Sandra Samons, PhD Executive Director (USA) (Netherlands) David Sandberg, PhD Jeffrey Whitman, BS (Executive Annelou de Vries, MD Megan Smith Administrator)(USA) (Netherlands) Norman Spack, MD Andrea Martin (Executive Sam Winter, PhD (Hong Thomas Steensma, PhD Administrator)(USA) Kong) Suegee Tamar-Mattis, DO David Valentine, PhD Thursday, September ,

WPATH Symposium participants have free access to Southern Comfort Conference seminars (meals not included). Southern Comfort Conference site: Crown Plaza Hotel, Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia, Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta.

: AM – : AM: Welcome at the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Conference site, W Atlanta – Midtown, th Street NE, Atlanta. Walter Bockting, PhD, WPATH President.

: PM – : PM: Keynote at the Robert Eads Health Fair, Feminist Women’s Health Center, Cliff Valley Way, Atlanta: WPATH day-to-day, then and now, Standards of Care and transmen. Lin Fraser, EdD, WPATH President Elect.

: PM – : PM: Presentation at the Southern Comfort Conference site: Observations about transgender people: years of practice as a gender therapist. Lin Fraser, EdD, WPATH President Elect.

: PM – : PM: Transgender Community Town Hall Meeting. Moderators: Faughn Adams, PhD (Emory University) and Anneliese Singh, PhD (Georgia Safe Schools Coalition). Panel presenters: Walter Bockting, PhD, WPATH President, Jamison Green, PhD, Chair, WPATH Advocacy and Public Policy Committee, Rebecca Allison, MD, Member, WPATH Board of Directors; B. T. (Trans(forming) FTM Monthly Support Group) Tracee McDaniel (Juxtaposed Center for Transformation), Jamie Roberts, JD (Atlanta Gender Explorations). Southern Comfort Conference site: Crown Plaza Hotel, Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia, Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta.

Friday, September ,

: PM – : PM: Brief keynote address at the Southern Comfort Conference site: The role of transgender community support in the development of resilience. Walter Bockting, PhD, WPATH President.

: PM – : PM: WPATH-sponsored symposium at the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Conference site: WPATH’s Standards of Care for Transgender Health. Organizer and Chair: Jamison Green, PhD, Presenters: Eli Coleman, PhD, Jamie Feldman, MD, PhD, Lin Fraser, EdD, and Jamison Green, PhD, members of the WPATH Standards of Care Committee. W Atlanta – Midtown, th Street NE, Atlanta. Chair: Jamison Green, PhD, Presenter: Eli Coleman, PhD.

: PM – : PM: WPATH Symposium Registration. MAGNOLIA , Emory Conference Center.

: PM – : PM: Invitation-only dinner in honor of the Joycelyn Elders Chair in Sexuality Education. Le Giverny Bistro at the Emory Inn, Clifton Road NE, Atlanta.

: PM – : PM: Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) reception and dinner with speakers, national and provincial updates. All Canadian WPATH delegates and our WPATH friends are welcome. The cost per person is and respectively.

Saturday, September ,

: AM –: PM: WPATH Symposium Registration. MAGNOLIA , Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : PM: Speaker ready room. BIRCH

: AM – : AM: ICD Consensus Workgroup meeting (invited members only). MOUNTAIN LAUREL , Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : AM: Continental Breakfast for Pre-Conference Continuing Education Program and Surgical Summit participants in break areas, Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : PM: Pre-Conference Continuing Education Program. Silverbell Pavilion (plenary sessions); AZALEA , HICKORY , MOUNTAIN LAUREL (concurrent sessions), Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : PM: Surgical Summit – A surgeons-only satellite session (invited participants only). Oak Amphitheater, Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : AM: Editorial Board Meeting, International Journal of Transgenderism. Walter Bockting, PhD, Editor; Andrea Martin, Managing Editor. HICKORY

: AM – : PM: WPATH sponsored seminar at the Southern Comfort Conference site: Gender diﬀ erences and brain function. Chair: Eli Coleman, PhD. Crown Plaza Hotel, Gardenia Room. Speakers: Arianne Dessens, PhD, (Rotterdam, The Netherlands); Ira Haraldsen, MD, PhD, (Oslo, Norway).

: PM – : PM: WPATH Plenary Luncheon Presentation: Version of the WPATH Standards of Care. Eli Coleman, PhD. Southen Comfort Conference site, Crown Plaza Hotel, Altanta Perimeter at Ravinia, Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta.

: PM – .: PM: WPATH Board of Directors Meeting ( – ofﬁ cers and board members; new board members are welcome to sit in). DOGWOOD , Emory Conference Center.

: PM – : PM: WPATH Business Meeting (WPATH members only). OAK AMPHITHEATRE

: PM – : PM: Plenary Session I.

: PM – : PM: Special plenary session open to all, including students and local transgender community members: Transgender people in sports and the Olympics. Chair: Jamison Green, PhD. AZALEA

Equal opportunity for transgender student-athletes. Helen Carroll, Sports Project Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Being a transgender athlete and changing history, Lana Lawless, Professional Golfer, Currently the ReMax World Long Drive Champion.

How do Japanese sports federations recognize transgender athletes? - A Questionnaire study. Mio Masaoka, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Sunao Uchida.

Treating and regulating the transgender athlete: How the intersection between law and medicine acts to include or exclude opportunity in sport. Shawn M. Crincoli, Esq.

: PM – : PM: Opportunity for WPATH Committees to meet (Committee members only)

Public Policy, Advocacy & Liaison Committee. AZALEA

Child and Adolescent Committee. HICKORY

Disorders of Sex Development Committee. MOUNTAIN LAUREL

: PM – : PM: Informal Welcome Reception, open to all, including students and local transgender community members (cash bar). Mentors welcome International Participants Scholarship Recipients. Silverbell Pavilion. Host: Sam Winter, PhD.

: PM – : PM: Film festival open to all, including students and local transgender community members. Hosts: Jae Sevelius, PhD and Luis Gutierrez-Mock, MA.Oak Amphitheater.

Youth and gender media project ( min.). Joel Baum, MS.

Youth face the gate keepers: Trans youth speak out ( min.). Joan Margaret Quinn, MD.

Diagnosing diﬀ erence ( min.). Jae Sevelius, PhD, and Luis Gutierrez-Mock, MA.

Two-spirits ( min.). Françoise Susset, MA.

: PM – : PM: WPATH delegation attends Southern Comfort Conference Gala. Delegation led by Lin Fraser, EdD, WPATH President-Elect. Delegation members: Griet de Cuypere, MD, PhD, Randi Ettner, PhD, Fred Ettner, MD, Katherine Rachlin, PhD. Crown Plaza Hotel ballroom.

: PM – : PM: WPATH delegation attends GLMA Gala and Fundraiser. Delegation led by Walter Bockting, PhD, WPATH President. Delegation members: Rebecca Allison, MD, Jamison Green, PhD, Gail Knudson, MD. Egyptian Ballroom, Fox Theatre.

Sunday, September ,

: AM – : AM Continental Breakfast outside LULLWATER BALLROOM , Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : PM: Registration. MAGNOLIA

: AM – : PM: Speaker ready room. BIRCH : AM – : AM: Standards of Care Committee meeting, invited committee members only. MOUNTAIN LAUREL

: AM – : AM: Gender variance in the new century Mariette Pathy Allen, MFA. LULLWATER BALLROOM

: AM – : PM: Joint Conference Day of WPATH, Southern Comfort, and the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association.

This joint program was organized as part of an effort to establish and maintain ongoing collaborative relationships with other professional and community-based organizations and its members to work together to promote the health of transsexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming people worldwide. The joint conference day consists of contributions from each of the three organizations (WPATH, Southern Comfort, and GLMA), providing ample opportunity for dialogue as we explore the conference theme of “Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health.”

: AM: Buses depart from the Southern Comfort and GLMA conference sites to the Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : PM: Plenary Session II.

: AM: Welcome by Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD, WPATH Symposium Chair. LULLWATER BALLROOM

: AM – : AM: Plenary panel presentations: Transgender beyond disorder: Identity, community, and health. Chair: Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

Identity. Walter Bockting PhD, President of WPATH.

Community. Alexis Dinyovszky (a.k.a. Lexi Dee), Chair of Southern Comfort Conference

Health. Rebecca Allison, MD, President of GLMA.

: AM – : PM: Plenary symposium organized by GLMA: Transgender care in community-based settings. Chair: Jason Schneider, MD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

Gal Mayer, MD, Callen Lorde Community Health Center, New York City, NY, USA.

Ruben Hopwood, MDiv, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Madeline Deutsch, MD, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Thomas Wormgoor, MA, JD, Transvisie, Schorer Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Bev Lepischak, MSW, Sherbourne Health Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

: PM – : PM: Lunch. EMORY DINING ROOM

: PM – : PM: Poster setup, Starvine Ballroom (poster presenters only).

: PM – : PM: Plenary Session III.

: PM – : PM: Plenary symposium organized by Southern Comfort: The role of the community and peer support in promoting transgender health. Chair: Alexis Dinyovszky (a.k.a. Lexi Dee). LULLWATER BALLROOM

The road from Dr. Harry Benjamin to Southern Comfort: Fifty years after sex reassignment surgery. Michelle Robbins.

Transgender workplace equality: A personal story of raising the bar in corporate America. Stephanie C. Battaglino, MBA.

What are we doing? Where are we going? And how do we get there? The future of transgender healthcare. Moonhawk River Stone, MS, LMHC.

International trans health. Kellan Baker, MPH, MA.

Challenges and rewards for the transgender-identiﬁ ed transgender health provider. Sydney Tam, MD, CCFP, Carys Massarella, MD, FRCP(C).

: PM – : PM: Announcement: Transgender Archive at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Aaron H. Devor, PhD.

: PM – : PM: Break.

: PM – : PM: Concurrent Sessions .

: PM – : PM: Roundtable discussions. Moderated roundtable discussions on various topics designed to foster dialogue among symposium participants and members of the three collaborating organizations (WPATH, Southern Comfort Conference, and GLMA).

Identity. Chair: Anneliese Singh, PhD. HICKORY Aging. Moderator: Michelle Robbins Children and youth. Moderator: Diane Ehrensaft, PhD. Finding balance in two genders. Moderator: Christy Andersen Gender queer identities. Moderator: Randall Ehrbar, PhD. Identity documents. Moderator: Dan Karasic, MD. Passing/coming out. Moderator: Michelle Angello, PhD. Terminology. Moderator: Jamison Green, PhD. Sexual orientation and relationships. Moderator: Colt Meier, MA. Transgender people of color. Moderator: Jesse Joad, MD, MS.

Community. Chair: Faughn Adams, PhD. MOUNTAIN LAUREL Advocacy, public policy, and human rights. Moderator: Stephanie Battaglino. The Atlanta transgender community. Moderator: Joanne Purcell. FtM issues and community. Moderator: Nick Krieger. Incarcerated settings. Moderator: Randi Ettner, PhD. Partners and families. Moderator: Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW. Southern Comfort history success stories. Moderator: Blake Alford. Robert Eads Health Partnership and community. Moderator: Alex McGray. Stigma/discrimination, and violence. Moderator: Sam Winter, PhD.

Health, Group I. Chair: Rebecca Allison, MD. BASSWOOD Hormones. Moderator: Gal Mayer, MD. Psychotherapy. Moderator: Cesar Gonzalez, PhD Standards of Care. Moderator: Gail Knudson, MD. Surgery. Moderator: Loren Schechter, MD. Voice therapy. Moderator: Richard Adler, PhD.

Health, Group II. Chair: Jason Schneider, MD. DOGWOOD Access to care and health insurance coverage. Moderator: Kevan Wylie, MD. HIV. Moderator: Kellan Baker, MPH, MA. Mental health. Moderators: Griet de Cuypere, MD, PhD and Moonhawk River Stone, MS, LMHC. Paradigms in removing GID as a diagnosis from the DSM. Moderator: Tracy Wilson. Primary care. Moderator: Henry Ng, MD. Substance use. Moderator: Edwin Craft, DrPH, Med, LCPC.

: PM – : PM: Plenary Session IV.

: PM – : PM: Launch of version of the WPATH Standards of Care for Trangender Health. Eli Coleman, PhD. Chair: Lin Fraser, EdD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

: PM – : PM: Reception and Poster Session. Starvine Ballroom. See at the end of this Program for a list of posters by track.

: PM: Buses depart from the Emory Conference Center to the Southern Comfort and GLMA conference sites.

: PM – : PM: Bowling Party (cash bar). WISTERIA LANES BOWLING ALLEY

Monday, September ,

: am – : am Continental Breakfast outside LULLWATER BALLROOM , Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : PM: Registration and Information Desk open. MAGNOLIA

: AM – : PM: Speaker ready room. BIRCH

: AM – : AM: WPATH Planning Committee meeting (invited members only). MAPLE

: AM – : AM: Concurrent Sessions .

TRACK A Presentations: Children and adolescents. Moderator: Annelou de Vries, MD, PhD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

Factors contributing to identity development of contemporary transgender adolescents: Results of a qualitative analysis. Linda Aline Hawkins, EdD.

The resilience strategies of transgender youth: A qualitative inquiry. Anneliese Amanda Singh, PhD, Sarah Meng, BA.

Perspectives on gender-variant youth: A qualitative investigation of experts’ opinions and treatment approaches in ﬁ ve diﬀ erent countries. Timo O. Nieder, MSc, Christina Handfort, BA, Hons, Herbert Schreier, MD, Hertha Richter-Appelt, PhD, Birgit Möller, PhD Gender, safety and schools: Taking the road less traveled. Joel Baum, MS. Balancing cultures: A case study of two Asian immigrant trans youths in Canada. Wai Cheong Wallace Wong, PsyD.

TRACK B Panel Presentations: Identity development. Eunuchs then and now. Organizer and Chair: Thomas W. Johnson. OAK AMPHITHEATRE

Eunuchs: Seeking voluntary castration. Richard J. Wassersug, PhD.

Eunuchs: Personality and sexuality. Thomas W. Johnson, PhD.

Eunuchs: Body integrity identity disorder and castration. Krister Willette, PhD.

Eunuchs: An historical perspective. Shaun Tougher, PhD.

Case study of a transition from “male to not-male” or “male to eunuch” (MtE). Randall D. Ehrbar, PsyD.

TRACK C Panel Presentations: Public health, sexual health, and education. Breaking Boundaries with Gender Books. Organizer and Chair: Herbert Schreier, MD. AZALEA

Nina here nor there: My journey beyond gender. Nick Krieger, writer.

The body in mind. Kristin Lyseggen, photojournalist.

Gender born, gender made. Diane Ehrensaft, PhD

Birgit Moller, PhD and Herbert Schreier, MD, Discussants

TRACK D Panel Presentations: Disorders of Sex Development. Sex development and gender identity. Organizer and Chair: Cisco Sanchez, PhD. EMORY AMPHITHEATRE

The role of genes & hormones in sex development. Eric Vilain, PhD.

Biopsychological basis for gender identity. Francisco J. Sánchez, PhD.

Advancing translational science to improve human welfare. David Sandberg, PhD.

Surgical decision-making for children with DSD. Arlene Baratz, MD, Anne Tamar-Mattis, JD.

TRACK E Panel Discussion: Culture, history, advocacy, and human rights. Moderator: Jamison Green, PhD.

HICKORY

Evolution in the language of gender variance: – . Jamison Green, PhD, Dallas Denny, MA, Jason Cromwell, PhD.

Degrees of diﬀ erence: Contemporary language and terminology issues aﬀ ecting the medical, legal and human rights of people who experience diversity in sexual formation and/or gender expression and those who seek to help them. Rachael Wallbank, BA, LLB.

Transcending gendered language in psychotherapy. S.J. Langer, LCSW. Shifting paradigms and politics in trans health care, aetiology and social change. Riki Lane. Signiﬁ cant social justice movements and its outcome on trans identity formation and sexuality acquiescence. Rosalyne Blumenstein, LCSW ACHP-SW.

Saving our history: Building a transgender archive. Aaron H. Devor, PhD.

: AM – : AM: Break.

: AM – : PM: Plenary Session V.

: AM – : AM: Special welcome by James W. Wagner, PhD, President of Emory University. Chair: Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

: AM – : AM: Plenary presentation: The role of public policy in promoting the health of transgender, transsexual, and gender nonconforming people. TBN. Chair: Lin Fraser, EdD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

: AM – : AM: Plenary presentation: A public health approach to transgender health research. Don Operario, PhD., Brown University. Chair: Walter Bockting, PhD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

: AM – : PM: WPATH Presidential symposium: The intersection of race/ethnicity and gender variance: Health inequities and resilience among transgender people of color. Organizer and Chair: Walter Bockting, PhD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

Adolescent gender-related abuse, androphilia, and HIV risk among transfeminine (MTF trans/ gender-variant) people of color in New York City. Sel J. Hwahng, PhD, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University, New York City, USA.

Transgender women of color, male partners, and HIV. Bali White, MA, Columbia University, New York City, USA.

Addressing health disparities among trans people of color: What is the provider’s role? Joanne Keatley, MSW, Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

: PM – : PM: Lunch. EMORY DINING ROOM . Meeting of the WPATH Archives Committee.

: PM – : PM: Opportunity for a WPATH Committee to meet. MAPLE

: PM – : PM: Concurrent Sessions .

TRACK A Panel Presentations: Children and Adolescents. Gender dysphoric youth: treatment evaluation, gender development, and family functioning. Organizer and Chair, Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, PhD.

LULLWATER BALLROOM

Puberty suppression followed by cross-sex hormones and gender reassignment surgery: A prospective follow-up of gender dysphoric adolescents into adulthood. Annelou de Vries, MD, PhD.

Eﬃ cacy and long-term eﬀ ect of medical treatment of gender dysphoria in adolescents according to the guidelines. Henriette Delemarre-van de Waal, MD, PhD.

Long-term psychosexual outcome of boys with gender identity disorder. Ken Zucker, PhD. Childhood gender variance and adult sexual orientation: A -year prospective study. Thomas Steensma, MSc.

Children and adolescents with GID and their family functioning. Heidi Vanden Bossche, Lic.

TRACK B Presentations: Mental health. Moderator: Anneliese Singh, PhD. OAK AMPHITHEATRE

Bullying and Childhood Abuse: Implications for mental and physical health across the lifespan. Julie E. Graham, LMFT.

Self-injury in the transgender community: Prevalence report. lore m. dickey, MA.

Transgender sexual assault survivors: Statistics, stories, strategies. Loree Cook-Daniels, MS.

Starving, scarring and suﬀ ering: Eating disorders and self-injury among transgender clients. Megan Smith, MS, LMHP, CPC, Ryan K. Sallans, MA.

Identiﬁ cation and treatment of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors in transgender youth. Kristen Montgomery Vandenberg, DNP, ARNP.

Treatment without transition: The use of gender-conﬁ rming medical interventions for non- expressing transgender and transsexual individuals. Katherine Rachlin, PhD.

TRACK C Panel Presentations ( min): Public health, sexual health, and HIV/STIs. All Gender Health Online: Promoting the sexual health of transgender persons who have sex with men. Organizer and Chair: Walter Bockting, PhD. AZALEA

Gender, power, and HIV risk among men who have sex with transgender persons. Walter Bockting, PhD.

Who we are: Men who have sex with transwomen and transmen. Jamie Feldman, MD.

Promoting trans resilience through an online sexual health intervention: Development, challenges, and lessons learned. Cesar Gonzalez, PhD.

TRACK C Panel Presentations ( min): Public health, sexual health, and HIV/STIs. Chair: Emilia Lombardi, PhD. AZALEA

HIV among transgender persons: Current activities from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP). Hollie Clark, MPH, HIV Incidence & Case Surveillance Branch, Vel McKleroy, MPH, BSW, Capacity Building Branch, and Elin Begley, MPH, Program Evaluation Branch.

The National Transgender Discrimination Survey: Findings and discussion. Mara Keisling, Esq.

Results from the TSRI-MetLife Mature Market Survey. Tarynn M. Witten, PhD, LCSW, FGSA, A. Evan Eyler, MD, MPH,FAAFP, FAPA.

TRACK D Presentations: Surgery. Moderator: Loren Schechter, MD. EMORY AMPHITHEATRE

Pre-operative planning of a pedicled antero-lateral thigh (ALT) ﬂ ap phalloplasty using D-CT scanning. Peter Ceulemans, MD, Yves Sinove, MD, Philip Houtmeyers, MD, Nicolas Lummen, MD, Piet Hoebeke, PHD, Stan Monstrey, MD.

Vaginectomy: The Scottsdale experience. Burt Webb, MD, Desmond Johnson MD, Russell Bartels.

Ring metoidioplasty: Technique, Results and Three-year Experience. Marci Bowers, MD.

Urethral reconstruction in metoidioplasty: Comparison of three diﬀ erent methods. Miroslav Djordjevic, MD, Dusan Stanojevic, MD, Marta Bizic, MD, Vladimir Kojovic, MD, Alexandar Milosevic, MD.

Surgical techniques in phalloplasty I: Critical review and description of two techniques. Nicolas Morel Journel, MD, Frederique Courtois, MD, Pierre Brassard, MD, Alain Rufﬁ on, MD.

Surgical techniques in phalloplasty II: Outcome measures on genital sensitivity, psychological well-being and sexual function. Frederique Courtois, MD, Nicolas Morel Journel, MD, Nicolas Morel Journel, MD, Pierre Brassard, MD, Alain Rufﬁ on, MD.

TRACK E Panel Presentations: Identity development and mental health. Transgender mental health care across the life span. Organizer and Chair: Dan Karasic, MD. HICKORY

Mental health care across the life span and the gender spectrum. Dan Karasic, MD

Priuses, smoothies, and trannys--transgender development in its beginnings: The early childhood years. Diane Ehrensaft, MD.

Variables to success for gender-variant children and adolescents. Michele Angello, PhD.

A path to metamorphosis: Recounting the journey from female- to male-bodied. Nathaniel Sharon, MD.

Partners and families of transgender people. Randall Ehrbar, PsyD.

Aging and the transgender person. Lin Fraser, EdD.

: PM – : PM: Break.

: PM – : PM: Work meeting of the European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence (invited members only). MAPLE

: PM – : PM: Concurrent Sessions .

TRACK A Panel Presentations: Children and adolescents. Organizers and Chairs: Scott Leibowitz, MD, Joel Baum, MS. LULLWATER BALLROOM

Gender-variant and transgender youth: A model for an interdisciplinary, collaborative treatment program in an academic children’s hospital. Scott Leibowitz, MD, (Psychiatry), Norman Spack, MD (endocrinology), Laura Edwards-Leeper, PhD (Psychology), and Francie Mandel, LICSW (Social work).

Bay Area Child and Adolescent Center: A gender clinic without walls. Joel Baum, MS, Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, Jamison Green, PhD, Dan Karasic, MD, Stephen Rosenthal, MD, Ilana Sherer, MD.

TRACK B Presentations: Identity development and mental health. Moderator: John C. Capozuca, PhD.

OAK AMPHIHEATRE

The prevalence of dissociative symptoms in an Australian transsexual population. Fintan Harte MA, MB, BCh, DCH, FRCPsych, FRANZCP, Jaco Erasmus MB, ChB, MRCPsych, FRANZCP, David Leonard MB, BS, DPM, FRANZCP, AM, David Clarke MB, BS, MPM, PhD, FRACGP, FRANZCP.

Validity and reliability of a quantitative measure of gender aﬃ rmation among transgender women. Jae Sevelius, PhD.

Motivational reasons underlying steps taken in a gender reassignment process and the relation to experienced quality of life. Joz Motmans, PhD, Petra Meier, PhD, Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD.

Psychological and sexual well-being of transsexuals after sex reassignment in France. Léa Karpel, Bérénice Gardel, Jean-Marc Ayoubi, Bernard Cordier.

Hypertension: Pathophysiology of a Secret, Randi Ettner PhD, Fred Ettner, MD, Tonya White, MD.

The soul of transition. Kimball Jane Sargent, MSN, PMHCNS-BC.

TRACK C Panel Presentations: Public health, sexual health, and HIV/STIs. TransMasculine sexuality and relationships: Current research and new theory. Organizer and Chair: Katherine Rachlin, PhD.

AZALEA

Sexual orientation and clinical health outcomes among female-to-male transsexuals. Stacey “Colt” Meier, MA.

The journey towards sexual attraction identity by female-to-male transgendered identiﬁ ed individuals during and after transition: Some psychotherapy case studies. Maximilian E. Fuentes Fuhrmann, PhD.

Sexual behaviors, health, and satisfaction of transgender men (FTMs) with and without hormonal and surgical modiﬁ cations: Preliminary results. lore dickey, MA, Jamison Green, PhD.

Can romantic relationships survive a gender transition? Examining the romantic relationships of female-to-male (FTM) trans men. Stacey “Colt” Meier, MA.

Sexual orientation, behaviors, and identity among gender nonconforming natal females and transmen. Seth T. Pardo.

TRACK D Presentations: Surgery. Moderator: Stan Monstrey, MD, PhD. EMORY AMPHITHEATRE

Urethral ﬂ ap for construction of the labia minora and clitoral prepuce in MtF individuals: A ﬁ ve-year experience. Loren S. Schechter, MD, Frederic Ettner, MD.

Optimising outcomes for the urethra in male to female surgery. Andrew Chetwood, MD, Onur Gilleard, MD, Philip Thomas, MD, Gennaro Selvaggi, MD, James Francis Bellringer, MD.

Ileal pouch vaginoplasty for male-to-female gender reassignment. James Francis Bellringer, MD, Gennaro Selvaggi, MD, Philip Thomas, MD.

Re-do vaginoplasty with rectosigmoid colon in male-to-female transsexuals. Marta Bizic, MD, Miroslav Djordjevic, MD, Dusan Stanojevic, MD, Svetlana Vujovic, MD, Alexandar Milosevic, MD.

Neovaginal prolapse managed by laparoscopic repair. Rosemary A. Jones, MD.

Feminization Laryngoplasty.. James Phillip Thomas, MD, Cody MacMillan.

TRACK E Presentations: Mental health and transgender care. Moderator: Samuel Lurie, MEd. HICKORY

The American Counseling Association Competencies for Counseling with Transgender Clients ( ). Anneliese Amanda Singh, PhD, Theodore R. Burns, PhD, Sean Moundas, PhD, Jesse McNulty M.Ed., Denise Pickering, lore m. dickey, MA, Angela Brooks-Livingston, StaceeReicherzer.

Ethical issues for the mental health professional working in transgender care. Lisa Grifﬁ n, PhD.

The paradox of treating the trans-identiﬁ ed patient: How medical and mental health professionals balance between providing good care and doing good medical/therapeutic work. Jodie Marie Dewey, PhD.

The beneﬁ ts of long-term psychotherapy in working with transgender/gender variant clients. Joe L. Ippolito, LCSW.

Hypnotherapy for surgery preparation: Implications for transgender medicine. Samuel Lurie, Med.

TRACK F Interactive Session: Plans for the WPATH International Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand. Lin Fraser, EdD, Preecha Tiewtranon MD, Apichai Angspatt MD, Pongsakorn Wittayaprichakul, Bean Robinson, PhD,. MOUNTAIN LAUREL

: PM: Walk to Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health.

: PM – : PM: Reception and Celebration of Emory University diversity accomplishments. Vin Tangpricha, MD. PhD, Michael Shutt, PhD. Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health.

: PM – : PM: Dinner, WPATH Board of Directors and the Atlanta Symposium Local Organizing Committee. Le Giverny Bistro at the Emory Inn, Clifton Road NE, Atlanta.

Tuesday, September ,

: AM – : AM: Continental Breakfast outside LULLWATER BALLROOM , Emory Conference Center.

: AM – : PM: Registration and Information Desk open. MAGNOLIA

: AM – : PM: Speaker ready room. BIRCH

: AM – : AM: Plenary Session VI.

: AM – : AM: Plenary symposium: Update on revision of the DSM and ICD diagnoses related to gender dysphoria and gender variant expression. Chair: Gail Knudson, MD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

DSM: An update. Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, PhD, Chair, Gender Identity Disorders Subworkgroup, American Psychiatric Assocation.

DSM: Speciﬁ c issues. Ken Zucker, PhD, Chair, Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Workgroup, American Psychiatric Association.

ICD: The process of revision and submission of proposals. Eli Coleman, PhD.

ICD: WPATH consensus recommendations. Griet de Cuypere, MD, PhD, Co-Chair, WPATH ICD Consensus Process.

Panel discussion with members of the DSM and ICD revision workgroups.

: AM – : AM: WPATH Awards Ceremony. Chair: Walter Bockting, PhD, WPATH President. LULLWATER BALLROOM

Harry Benjamin Lifetime Distinguished Scientiﬁ c Achievement Award. Recipient: Peggy-Cohen- Kettenis, PhD. Presented by Walter Bockting, PhD, WPATH President.

Harry Benjamin Distinguished Service Award. Recipient: Griet de Cuypere, MD, PhD. Presented by Lin Fraser EdD, WPATH President Elect..

Harry Benjamin Distinguished Education and Advocacy Award. Recipient: JoAnne Keatley, MSW. Presented by Jamison Green, PhD, Chair, WPATH Advocacy and Public Policy Committee.

Outcome of the WPATH Election: Transfer of responsibilities to the new oﬃ cers and Board of Directors. Bean Robinson, PhD, WPATH Executive Director, Lin Fraser, EdD, WPATH President Elect.

: AM – : AM: Break.

: AM – : PM: Press Conference, Version of the WPATH Standards of Care. Eli Coleman, PhD, Chair, Standards of Care Committee, Lin Fraser, EdD, WPATH President, and the Standards of Care Writing Committee. MAPLE

: AM – : PM: Concurrent Sessions .

TRACK A Panel Presentations and Discussion: Children and adolescents. Moderator: Randall Ehrbar, PsyD. LULLWATER BALLROOM

The roads less traveled: The experience of parents of gender atypical boys. Francoise Susset, MA (PsyD candidate).

Potato heads and tea parties: A look inside therapy sessions with gender-variant children. Heather Kramer Almquist, MA.

Social transitioning of gender variant children in childhood. Johanna Olson, MD, Moonhawk River Stone, MS, LMHC, Kim Pearson.

Building bridges: Helping transgender teens and their parents. Irwin Krieger, LCSW.

Model for family group including parent support group, teen rap group, children’s play group. Susan P. Landon, MFT.

“You know what I mean”: the importance of face-to-face contact and social interaction between gender variant teenagers. Bastiaan Clara Franse.

TRACK B Panel Presentations: Identity development and mental health. Gender incongruence in Europe: Results of a multicenter collaboration. Organizer and Chair: Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, PhD.

OAK AMPHITHEATRE

A European network for the investigation of gender incongruence: The ENIGI initiative – overview and current status. Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels, BPC.

Sexual experiences of early- and late-onset transsexual individuals before gender-conﬁ rming interventions. Suzanne Cerwenka, MSc.

Physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect, and its relationship to psychological functioning: a study in four European gender identity clinics. Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels, PhD.

Presurgical quality of life and life events in Gender Identity Disorder patients from the ENIGI (A European network for the investigation of gender incongruence) study Ira Haraldsen, MD.

The ENIGI initiative extended to the hormonal phase. Guy T’Sjoen,MD, PhD, Jens Jacobeit, MD, Thomas Schreiner, MD, PhD, Michael A. A. van Trotsenburg, MD, PhD.

TRACK C Presentations: Public health, sexual health, and HIV/STIs. Moderator: Aaron Devor, PhD. AZALEA

HIV-related risk and HIV testing in trans people in Ontario, Canada: Trans PULSE Project. Greta Bauer, PhD, MPH, Nik Redmon, BA, Rebecca Hammond, MSc, Robb Travers, PhD, Todd Coleman, BHSc.

Depression and suicide among trans people in Ontario, Canada: Trans PULSE Project. Kyle Andrew Scanlon, Nooshin Khobzi, PhD, Greta Bauer, MD, PhD, Matthias Kaay, MA, MSW, Anna Travers, MSW.

Vancouver Island trans needs assessment. Matthew Heinz, PhD. Social support and social network impact upon trans health. Emilia Lombardi, PhD.

Transgender health, a review and guidance for future research: Proceedings from the Summer Institute at the Center for Research on Health and Sexual Orientation, University of Pittsburgh. Emilia Lombardi, PhD.

Recommendations for transgender health research from the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies. Walter Bockting, PhD, Rob Garofalo, MD.

TRACK D Presentations: Endocrinology and hormone therapy. Moderator: Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD.

EMORY AMPHITHEATRE

Ferritin as an insulin resistance marker in cross-sex hormone-treated transsexuals. Antonio Becerra, MD, PhD.

Risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in estrogen-treated male-to-female transsexuals: A review of literature and observations from nine European centers for Gender Dysphoria. H Asscheman, MD, G T’Sjoen, MD, A Lemaire, MD, M Mas, MD, MC Meriggiola, A Mueller, MD, J Buffat, MD, A Kuhn, MD, C Dhejne, N Morel-Journel, LJ Gooren, MD.

Initiating feminizing hormone therapy over age : Results and challenges. Jamie Feldman, MD, PhD.

Harm reduction model for treatment of M-to-F transsexuals – Four year follow-up. Jennifer A. Burnett, MS, MD, FAAFP.

Breast augmentation in transwomen: an audit of hormonal treatment with estradiol valerate. Samantha Franklin BSc, Anna Shishkareva BSc, James Barrett MBBS FRCPsych, Leighton Seal, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, PhD.

A retrospective audit to identify risk factors associated with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in transwomen. Leighton John Seal, MD.

TRACK E Panel Presentations: Culture, history, advocacy, and human rights. Organizers and Chairs: Dru Levasseur, Esq, Sharon M. McGowan, Esq. HICKORY

Words Matter – Providers, educators, and lawyers talking about transgender health care. M. Dru Levasseur, Esq., John Knight, Esq., Jamison Green, PhD, Randi Ettner, PhD.

Presenting medical / scientiﬁ c evidence in gender identity-related litigation. Sharon M. McGowan, Esq., Jennifer Levi, Esq., Walter Bockting, PhD, other panelists TBD.

: PM – : PM: Lunch. EMORY DINING ROOM

: PM – : PM: New Board of Directors Meeting. MAPLE

: PM – : PM: Concurrent Sessions .

TRACK A Panel Presentations: Children and adolescents. Moderator: Hertha Richter Appelt, PhD.

LULLWATER BALLROOM

Development of a collaborative-combined transgender youth model of care. Katherine G. Spencer, PhD, Dianne Berg PhD.

Transgender treatment for adolescent and young adults: A model for comprehensive care. Jeffrey M. Birnbaum, MD, MPH.

Treating transgender youth: An individualized approach. Johanna Olson, MD, Marvin Belzer, MD, Catherine Forbes, PhD.

TRACK B Panel Presentations: Mental health. Transgender and psychiatry: Is there a case for a psychiatry practice guideline? Organizer and Chair: Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat. OAK AMPHITHEATRE

The pros and cons of a psychiatry practice guideline for persons with Gender Identity Variance (GIV). William Byne, MD, PhD.

The role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist for families with children and adolescents with GIV. Richard R. Pleak, MD.

The role of the psychiatrist for adults with GIV. A. Evan Eyler, MD, MPH.

The role of the psychiatrist for persons with both DSD and GIV. Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat.

TRACK C Presentations: Speech and voice therapy. Moderator: Richard Adler, PhD. AZALEA

A holistic approach to voice and communication. Vicki McCready, MA, CCC,SLP, Sena Crutchley, MA, CCC, SLP, Richard K. Adler, PhD, CCC, SLP, Jack Pickering, PhD, CCC, SLP.

The perceptions of male-to-female transsexuals/transgendered individuals regarding voice, voice training, and non-verbal communication. Daniel Kayajian, MS, CCC-SLP, Presented by: Jack Pickering, PhD, CCC-SLP.

A vocal health diagnostic protocol for transgender individuals. Christie Block, MA, MS, CCC- SLP.

Skype-delivered therapy for voice feminization. Georgia Dacakis.

Airﬂ ow and vocal fold patterns in transgender voice. Adrienne B. Hancock, PhD, Rachael M. Harrington, James Mahshie, PhD.

A large-scale online survey on the vocal satisfaction of FTMs. Vica Papp, MA, MA, MSc.

TRACK D Panel Presentations: Gynaecology. Organizer and Chair: Michael A.A. van Trotsenburg, MD, PhD and Marci L. Bowers, MD. EMORY AMPHITHEATRE

Introduction. Whatis gynaecology’s importance for transgenders? Michael A.A. van Trotsenburg, MD, PhD. Facts and ﬁ ction of long-term follow-up of the vagina in MtFs. Marci L. Bowers, MD.

Good pelvic ﬂ oor functioning in MtFs. What does it mean? How does it feel? J. A. M. Groot, PhD.

Peculiarities of laparoscopic surgery in FtMs. Burt Webb, MD, Desmond Johnson MD, Russell Bartels.

Necessity and validity of transabdominal ultrasound for FtMs. Michael A.A. van Trotsenburg, MD, PhD.

Fertility preservation for transgender patients: Cryopreservation and in vitro development ability of oocytes. N. Kagawa, PhD, S. J. Silber, MD, S. Yamaguchi, MD, PhD, Y Nagumo, MD, PhD, and O. Kato, MD.

TRACK E Workshop: Mental health. Organizer and Chair: Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW. HICKORY

Complex clinical cases Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW-R, Michele Angello, PhD,

John C. Capozuca, PhD, Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT, and Katherine Rachlin, PhD.

: PM – : PM: Break.

: PM – : PM: Plenary Session VII.

: PM – : PM: Plenary presentation: The Eﬀ ects of puberty-delaying hormones on the developing brain. Jane Robinson, PhD, and Ira Haraldsen, MD, PhD. Chair: Griet de Cuypere, MD, PhD.

LULLWATER BALLROOM

: PM: End of Tuesday Sessions

: PM – : PM WPATH Banquet and Gala. (ticket required) Host: Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD.

: PM – : PM: Buses depart the Emory Conference Center Hotel for Fernbank Museum, location of the Banquet and Gala every minutes.

: PM – : PM: Cocktail hour in front of the FERNBANK MUSEUM with magic by Valeria.

: PM – : PM: Dinner in the FERNBANK MUSEUM

: PM – : PM: Dancing to live music performed by “Band X.” Guests may view exhibits

: PM – : PM: Buses depart FERNBANK MUSEUM for Emory Conference Center Hotel every minutes.

Wednesday, September ,

: AM – : PM: Speaker ready room. BIRCH

: AM – : PM: Registration and Information Desk open. MAGNOLIA

: AM – : AM: Opportunity for a WPATH Committee to meet. MAPLE : AM – : AM: Concurrent Sessions .

TRACK A Presentations: Children, adolescents, and parenting. Moderator: Randall Ehrbar, PsyD.

LULLWATER BALLROOM

Experiences of parenting a child with gender identity issues. Sarah Davidson, ClinPsyD, Sophie Coulter, ClinPsyD.

The needs of gender variant children and their parents: Views from parents, transgender adults, and professionals. Elizabeth Anne Riley MA (PhD Cand.), Lindy Clemson, Prof, Gomathi Sitharthan, PhD, Milton Diamond, Prof.

Parenting with pride: Supporting families to positively raise and celebrate gender diverse children. Joel Baum, MS.

Parenthood and Gender Identity Disorder: The desire to have children in a sample of transsexual individuals. Chiara Crespi.

Jason and the birth of Laurie Joe. Sara Davidmann, PhD.

Telling parents. Rebecca Auge, PhD.

TRACK B Presentations: Identity development. Moderator: Cesar Gonzalez, PhD. OAK AMPHITHEATRE

Appraisal of the identity-defense model of gender-variant identity development. Jaimie Veale, MA, Dave Clarke, PhD, Tess Lomax, PhD.

Exploring the developmental narratives of transgender and similarly gender-nonconforming youth. Laura E. Kuper, BA, Brian Mustanski, PhD.

Subjectivity, embodiment and sexuality: Out of the “lust or identity” ideology. Denise Medico, MA, MSc, Erika Volkmar, DDS.

Exploring feminine identity from transgender women’s perspectives. Cristina Magalhaes, PhD, Ellen Magalhaes, PhD, Peter Theodore, PhD, David Katz, PhD, ABPP, Ron Duran, PhD.

Female to Males (FTMs) and the re-socialization process: An exploratory study. Joe Ippolito, PsyD, LCSW.

X gender identity: Qualitative classiﬁ cations of ideal self-image of MTX and FTX. Shoko Sasaki, Ph. D., Certiﬁ ed Clinical Psychologist.

TRACK C Presentations: Access to care. Moderator: Gal Mayer, MD. AZALEA

The eﬀ ect of discrimination and stigma on health care access: Qualitative research with transgender Tennesseans. Katherine J Buchman, MPH.

Assessing the healthcare experiences and unique needs of transgender college students. Pamela Porter APRN, FNP, PA-C, DNP-c, Ellen Daroszewski, PhD, APRN. Out of the clinics, into the street: Community based policy advocacy for transgender health. Kristina Wertz, JD.

Improving access to transgender healthcare: Outcomes from project HEALTH (Harnessing Education, Advocacy, and Leadership for Transgender Health). Nick Gorton, MD.

Developing a trans health clinic in a rural area: Community Health Center of Burlington, VT-- experience, lessons, and implications. Rachel Inker, MD, Samuel Lurie, Med.

Experiences in transgender rural medicine. Suegee Tamar-Mattis, DO.

TRACK D Panel Presentations: Trans health issues in the Global South/East. Organizer and Chair: Sam Winter, PhD. EMORY AMPHITHEATRE

Flirtations with the West – or did it become a long distance relationship with Facebook status: “It’s complicated”? Julius Kaggwa, Liesl Theron.

Depathologization of Trans Identities, Mauro Cabral, MA, Amets Suess, MA.

Transitioning in the times of transition: Experiences of transgender people and healthcare providers in the changing medical systems in the former Soviet Union. Anna Kirey, MA and Syinat Sultanieva.

How well do the SOC travel? A look at one country in Southeast Asia. Sam Winter, PhD.

Trans lives: Asian voices. Sam Winter, PhD.

TRACK E Presentations: Culture, history, advocacy, and human rights. Moderator: Tone Maria Hansen.

HICKORY

Services outside the box: Helping your clients navigate sex-segregated services. Loree Cook- Daniels, MS.

Working with agencies: Creating sustainable change through policy development. Kyle Andrew Scanlon.

Successful model for facilitating in-place transition for a teacher and a principal in two American public schools. George R. Brown, MD, DFAPA, Tom Mazur, PsyD.

Combating transphobic bullying and crime. Bernard Reed, OBE, MA, MBA.

Depathologization of trans identities. Amets Suess, Alira Araneta Zinkunegi.

Radical resistance or true crisis of identity? Towards an alternative, radical stance on trans- activism and DSM diagnoses. Nickerson Hill, LMSW.

TRACK F Interactive Session: Implementation of version of the WPATH Standards of Care for Transgender Health. BASSWOOD

Eli Coleman, PhD, Chair, Standards of Care Committee: Lin Fraser, PhD, WPATH President; Walter Bockting, PhD, Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, PhD, Griet de Cuypere, MD, PhD, Jamie Feldman, MD, PhD, Jamison Green, PhD, Gail Knudson, MD, Walter Meyer, MD, and Stan Monstrey, MD.

: AM – : AM: Break.

: AM – : PM: Opportunity for a WPATH Committee to meet. MAPLE

: AM – : PM: Concurrent Sessions .

TRACK A Presentations: Children and adolescents, etiology. Moderator: Heino Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat. LULLWATER BALLROOM

The biopsychology of transexualism and transgenderism. Thomas E. Bevan, PhD. Salon I-V.

A Twin Study of Children with Gender Identity Disorder. Kenneth J. Zucker, PhD.

Gender identity concordance among monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs. Milton Diamond, PhD.

Do children with Gender Identity Disorder have intense/obsessional interests? Kenneth J. Zucker, PhD.

Autistic traits in transgender youth. Melady Preece, PhD, Trevor Corneil, MD.

Empathising and systemising in adolescents with Gender Identity Disorder. Domenico Di Ceglie, MD, Elin Skagerberg, PhD, Bonnie Auyeung, PhD, Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD.

TRACK B Presentations: Identity development and mental health. Moderator: Griet de Cuypere, MD, PhD.

OAK AMPHITHEATRE

“God made a mistake”, gender dysphoria in a person with cognitive disability and autism spectrum disorder diagnosis. A case-report. Cecilia Dhejne, PhD.

When spectrums overlap: People who live on both the transgender and autism spectrums. Randall D. Ehrbar, PsyD, Julie Graham, MFT, Jay Wilson, MSW/MDiv.

The profound not-me(s): A relational dissociation theoretical understanding of the transgender experience. Kelsey Hanlon, MA, LMHC candidate.

Working with transgender clients. Laura Maria de Loos. MSc.

Improving transgender self-image: What liberationist Christianity oﬀ ers. Jennifer Ann Stone, PhD, MDiv.

TRACK C Panel Discussion: Public health, sexual health, and HIV/STIs. Organizer and Chair: JoAnne Keatley, MSW. AZALEA

Increasing access to care: The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health. JoAnne Keatley, MSW, Jae Sevelius, PhD, Luis Gutierrez-Mock, MA, and Danielle Castro.

TRACK D Presentations: Culture, history, advocacy and human rights. Moderator: Jamie Feldman, MD, PhD. EMORY AMPHITHEATRE

Examining resiliency factors for transsexual women of Mexican origin: A case study research report. Stacee L. Reicherzer, PhD, LPC, NCC, Jason Patton, PhD, LPC.

The cultural, psychiatric and sexuality aspects of Hijra community. Gurvinder Kalra, MD, DPM, Nilesh Shah, MD, DNB.

Hijras in Bollywood Cinema. Gurvinder Kalra, MD, DPM, Nilesh Shah, MD, DPM, DNB, Dinesh Bhugra, MA, MSc, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPsych, MPhil, PhD.

Free sex reassignment surgery for MtF transgender (hijra / aravani) people in the state of Tamil Nadu, India: A case study. Shabeena Francis Saveri.

The intersection of spirituality, culture and western medicine as a context for transgender health in South Africa. Arnaud de Villiers, Julius Kaggwa.

Cis gender female partners of masculine identiﬁ ed trans persons in South Africa. Liesl Theron.

TRACK E Presentations: Culture, history, advocacy, and human rights. Moderator: Dru Levasseur, Esq.

HICKORY

Human rights in medical practice. Justus Eisfeld, MA, Mauro Cabral, MA.

Social representations about transsexual people: The public debate regarding a gender identity law. Nuno Pinto, Carla Moleiro.

Canadian perspective on trans human rights, sex designation, and family law. N. Nicole Nussbaum.

Beyond legal identity issues. A proposal for a model law on transgender and transsexual aﬃ rmative actions. Tamara Adrian, Doctor in Law.

From paper napkin to board room: Creating a uniﬁ ed trans movement at the local and state level. Shane Morgan

Between the hammer and the anvil: Action research on the situation of transgender sex workers in Switzerland. Erika Volkmar, DDS, Denise Medico, MA, MSc, Fabian Chapot, MSc.

TRACK F Interactive Session:

Meet the Presidents, WPATH vision and goals. Lin Fraser, EdD., WPATH President, Jamison Green, PhD, WPATH President Elect, Walter Bockting, PhD, WPATH Past President. BASSWOOD : PM – : PM: Plenary Closing.

: PM – : PM: Conference Wrap Up and Look Ahead to the Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, February –, . Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD, Walter Bockting, PhD, Lin Fraser, EdD.

LULLWATER BALLROOM

: PM – : PM: Lunch. EMORY DINING ROOM

Posters

(Sunday, September , :: pm – : pm, Setup time from : pm– : pm) Please note: The format of each poster is a maximum of ’ high and ’ wide.

TRACK A Children and adolescents

Beauty management of sexual variant adolescents: Case study of transsexual and transvestite male adolescents in a school of Kuchinarai, Kalasin Province. Prawit Onpanna, Paiboon Daosodsai.

TRACK B Identity development and mental health

Determining the rate of suicide of transgender individuals in Canada. Noah Adams, BA, BSW.

MMPI- in the assessment process of GID. Emanuele Del Castello, Filomena Agnello, Marzio Coppola, Elena Curti, Paolo Fazzari, Francesca Giannini, Dario Bruzzese, Paolo Valerio, MD.

LGBT Unit at the Brattleboro Retreat. Eileen Glover, RN Clinical Manager.

Psychological variables implicated in the exclusion of candidates from SRS. Diamante Hartmann, MD, Antonio Prunas, PhD, Luisa Tarantino, MS, Maurizio Bini, MD.

Subjectivity, embodiment and sexuality: out of the “lust or identity” ideology. Denise Medico.

Co-morbidity of autism spectrum disorders and gender dysphoria in adults. Vickie Pasterski, PhD, Richard Curtis, BSc, MBBS, Dip BA, Liam Gilligan, BSc.

Global self-esteem, collective self-esteem, and transition trajectory in transgender individuals. K. Zachary Healy, BA, Lisa Cravens-Brown, PhD.

Integration of gender identity into self-identity as a treatment strategy for clients with gender dysphoria. Chiaki Matsunaga, MD, PhD.

Giving voice to the trans community on GID in the DSM-: A Saskatchewan perspective. Jai Richards, MA.

Creating a new paradigm of transgender health care: Atypical Gender Identity Syndrome, a diagnostic framework for the st century. Moonhawk River Stone, MS, LMHC. Depathologization of trans identities. Amets Suess, Alira Araneta Zinkunegi. TRACK C Public Health, sexual health, and HIV/STIs.

Developing transgender survey items for inclusion in large population health studies. Greta Bauer, PhD, MPH.

If you’ve got it check it. Anita Radix, MD, Gal Mayer, MD, Ronica Mukerjee, NP, Anthony Vavasis, MD, Heath Reynolds.

Lessons learned from implementing Respondent-Driven Sampling: Trans PULSE Project. Kyle Scanlon.

Sexuality and transvariance: Why the silence? Marlene Freida Wasserman, DHS.

Quality of life and sexual health after sex reassignment surgery in female-to-male transsexuals. Katrien Wierckz, MD, Eva Van Caeneghem, MD, Els Elaut, Msc, Griet De Cuypere, MD, PhD, Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD.

TRACK D Endocinology and hormone therapy

Body composition, volumetric and areal bone parameters in female-to-male transsexual persons. Eva Van Caenegem, MD, Katrien Wierckx, MD, David Dedecker, Fleur Van de Peer, Youri Taes, MD, PhD, Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD.

Secondary intracranial hypertension from testosterone therapy in a transgendered patient. David Gerber, MBChB, MRCPsych, MBA, Soo Park, MRCOphth, MD (Res), Chee Peng Cheng, MRCP, Graeme Williams, MRCOphth, MRCP, PhD.

The eﬀ ects of exogenous testosterone on social cognition in female-to-male transsexuals. Levi Ian Herman, Stacey Meier, Carla Sharp, Andrea Arrazolo, Yana Lavrik, Mary Rees.

The eﬀ ects of exogenous testosterone on systemizing in female-to-male transsexuals. Levi Ian Herman, Stacey Meier, Carla Sharp, Yana Lavrik, Andrea Arrazolo, Kelsey Fyffe.

Our experience of testosterone supplementation therapy in FTM transsexuals experienced bilateral mammary gland reconstruction (male type). Indira Khudaybergenova, Zufar Khakimkhodzhaev.

An audit on the use of testosterone treatment in transwomen with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. Hira Kiani, BSc, Rajiv Patel, BSc, Iffy Middleton, RGN, James Barrett, MBBS, FRCPsych, Leighton Seal, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, PhD.

FTM faces: transmorphology. Stenton Mackenzie, BA, MSc, PGDip.

C-reactive protein and ﬁ brinogen in male-to-female transsexuals with/ without cross-sex hormone: A ﬁ eld study of cabaret actors from Pattaya Thailand. Prawit Onpanna, PhD, Dr. Supatra Phorasupattana, Dr. Paiboon Daosodsai, Dr. Kawin Leelawat, Dr. Prayuth Chockrungwaranont.

Dermatological issues in female-to-male transsexual persons. Fleur Van De Peer, Evelien Verhaeghe, MD, Phd, David Dedecker, Wierckx Katrien, MD, Eva Van Caenegem, MD, Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD. A Retrospective audit on the eﬃ cacy of intramuscular testosterone in transmen: Nebido vs. Sustenon. Sarah Zaheer, BSc, Iffy Middleton, RGN, James Barrett, MBBS, FRCPsych, Leighton Seal, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, PhD.

TRACK E Culture, history, advocacy, and human rights

Trans human rights worldwide – an overview. Mauro Cabral, MA, Justus Eisfeld, MA.

Saving our history: Building a transgender archive. Aaron H. Devor, PhD

A comparative study of public policy’s impact on trans lives: Montréal and Toronto. Natalie Duchesne.

A multicentric national survey about transgender identities and practices in France. Alain Giami, PhD, Emmanuelle Beaubatie, Msc.

How autonomy and a voice in our society can change a country’s understanding about people with transsexualism. Tone Maria Hansen, Mikael Bjerkeli.

How many transpeople are there? An update incorporating new data. Sam Winter, PhD, Lynn Conway, PhD.

TRACK F Speech and voice therapy

Evaluation of voice in female-to-male transsexuals. Marjan Cosyns, David Dedecker, Fleur Van de Peer, Kaatje Toye, John Vanborsel, PhD, Guy T’Sjoen, MD, PhD.

The age percept of FTM voices and its interaction with the gender percept. Vica Papp, MA, MS.c

The eﬀ ects of testosterone on the apparent length of the vocal tract. Vica Papp, MA, MSc.

Longitudinal study on the eﬀ ects of testosterone on the voicing source. Vica Papp, MA, MSc.

Perception of gender and sexual orientation of FTMs from sentence-level read speech / the acoustic bases of FTM talkers’ gender, sexual orientation and age from read speech. Vica Papp, MA, MSc.

Vocal stability measures of FTMs in MDVP. Vica Papp, MA, MSc.

Voice Range Proﬁ le of FTMs. Vica Papp, MA, MSc.

Other:

An evaluation of the attitudes, feelings, comfort levels, and knowledge levels of nurses toward people who are transgender. Grace Blodgett, PhD, MSN, MBA. Clinic models for training and transgender medicine. Dawn Harbkatin, MD, Nick Gorton, MD, Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD. Improving research in transgender health: Results of the WPATH research survey. Jamie Feldman, MD, PhD. Patient provider trust among a sample of transgender men and women. KP Fennie, PhD, MPH, Lauren Dutton, CNS, MSN. End-of-life challenges for a transgender patient. Shail Maingi, MD, Sean O’Mahony, MD, Jill Siegel. Follow up after sex reassignment: A biological and psychological overview. Chiara Manieri. Reconsidering transition: A comparison of qEEG results. JJ Miles, PhD, Stuart Donaldson, PhD The diﬀ erence in physical appearance between transsexual adults with an early versus late onset age. Ellis J.M. van der Putten-Bierman, Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels, Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis. Sex-reassignment surgery in daily clinical practice in France: A clinical ethics study. Eirini Rari, MPsych, Thierry Gallarda, MD, Bernard Cordier, MD, Catherine Brémont, MD, Marc Revol, MD, PhD, Véronique Fournier, MD, PhD. Psychosocial outcomes of breast augmentation in transwomen. Abbas Reza, BSc, Emma Holcroft, BSc, Iffy Middleton, RGN, James Barrett, MBBS, FRCPsych, Leighton Seal, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, PhD. Transgender women in San Francisco: Understanding their health care experiences through qualitative analysis. Leah Rorvig, Stephen Eyre, PhD. Narrating and Navigating Trans Aging: Selves, Bodies and Care. Will Rowe, MSW. Results of a gender clinic satisfaction survey . Kevan Wylie, MD, Julie Fitter, Katie Roe, Amy Smith. Best practices guide for trans healthcare: An alternative view and proposal on the Standards of Care. Aitzol Araneta Zinkunegi, Amets Suess.

WPATH Biennial International Symposium Transgender Beyond Disorder: Identity, Community, and Health