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 , 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. : 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 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: 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