APA protest Over 'GID' – San Francisco, May 18

Protesters call for Reform of Gender Disorders at American Psychiatric Association Convention

What: San Francisco, California. A coalition of transgender community advocates and mental health providers will gather in San Francisco May 18 to protest how the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is handling revisions to “gender identity disorder” and related diagnoses in their fifth edition of the ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ (DSM-V).

Where: At the corner of 4th Street and Howard Street –Outside the Moscone Center

When: Protest starts at 6:00pm, Monday May 18th

Who: Community leaders scheduled to speak include Julia Serano, PhD; Madeline Deutsch, MD; Masen Davis, MSW; Kelley Winters, PhD; Danielle Askini, MSW; Mara Keisling; Andrea James, MA; Lore Dickey, PhD; Michele Angello, PhD; and Rebecca Allison, MD.

Crossposted via Bird of Paradox.

Urge the APA to have More Trans-Affirming Representatives

GID Reform is urging professionals to contact the American Psychiatric Association. "There have been numerous criticisms in the professional literature and popular press that researchers and practitioners who are affirming of gender diversity and gender-variant people are under-represented in the current work group. It is essential that the APA recognize this limitation and open up the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Work Group to include other professionals representing broader clinical and research perspectives. Therefore, we ask trans-affirming professionals and clinicians to write the APA with specific recommendations for nomination to the Sexual and GID Work Group and advisory committee."

DSM-V Contact Information for the American Psychiatric Association

Online E-suggestion form for APA

We suggest mailing two signed letters on your letterhead to the DSM-V Task Force and Work Group Chairs at the following addresses:

David J. Kupfer, M.D., Chair, DSM-V Task Force
and Darrel A. Regier, M.D.,Vice Chair, DSM-V Task Force
in care of William E. Narrow, M.D., Research Director, DSM-V Task Force
American Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 1825
Arlington, VA 22209

Kenneth J. Zucker, Ph.D.,
Chair, Sexual and GID Work Group, DSM-V Task Force
Child, Youth and Family Program
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
250 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8

http://professionals.gidreform.org/index.html