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Transgender Psych definitions to be in unfriendly hands. Research on other committee members needed. Send info to Danielle (info below). Make noise. Contact the APA.
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From: Danielle Askini <danielleaskini@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Hi All,
So it just came down the wire that the APA announced on May 1st its work groups for the new DSM-V. This includes the team who will review the "Gender Identity Disorder" criteria and ultimately make a determination
if GID should stay in the DSM.
OF GREAT CONCERN!
I am highly troubled that the naming of the committee includes two of the most staunchly neo-eugenic figures from Toronto's notorious Jurassic Clark. Kenneth Zucker (who will be acting as chair) and Ray Blanchard.
Blanchard was the original writer of the theory of "Autogynophelia", and Zucker is an adamant proponent of "repairative therapy" for gender non-conforming young people.
Action is needed immediately. People need to start to sound the alarms and raise red flags about the inappropriate choices that the APA has made. While some of the other member of the committee are known and progressive thinkers in regards to GID such as Peggy Cohen-Kettenis and Niklas Långström. I am unfamiliar with many of the other names of the committee members.
I would urge everyone to review the APAs press release of the committee they have appointed, and start to gather information to begin a widespread lobbying effort. The APA held its annual meeting over this last week, and no doubt that many of these committee members are already getting together to start formulating
their work plan.
You can read the APA's press release here:
http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/Newsroom/NewsReleases/2008NewsReleases/dsmwg.aspx
The names for the committee on Sexuality and Gender Identity Disorders
are as follows:
Kenneth J. Zucker, Ph.D. (Chair)
Head, Gender Identity Service Clinic, Child,
Youth, and Family Program
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Irving M. Binik, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ray Blanchard, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Head of Clinical Sexology Services
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Ph.D.
Head of the Department of Medical Psychology
VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jack Drescher, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
New York Medical College
Associate Attending Psychiatrist, St. Luke's-
Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY
Cynthia Graham, Ph.D.
Research Tutor
Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology
Isis Education Centre
Warneford Hospital
Headington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Richard B. Krueger, M.D.
Medical Director, Sexual Behavior Clinic
Department of Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute and
Columbia University
New York, NY
Niklas Långström, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Centre for Violence Prevention
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat.
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, NY
Robert Taylor Segraves, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairperson
Department of Psychiatry
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
In Solidarity,
Danielle Askini
Transgender Health Coordinator
Verbena Health
Seattle, WA
206.323.6540 x6
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For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ingersoll-gender-center?hl=en
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From: Danielle Askini <danielleaskini@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Hi All,
So it just came down the wire that the APA announced on May 1st its work groups for the new DSM-V. This includes the team who will review the "Gender Identity Disorder" criteria and ultimately make a determination
if GID should stay in the DSM.
OF GREAT CONCERN!
I am highly troubled that the naming of the committee includes two of the most staunchly neo-eugenic figures from Toronto's notorious Jurassic Clark. Kenneth Zucker (who will be acting as chair) and Ray Blanchard.
Blanchard was the original writer of the theory of "Autogynophelia", and Zucker is an adamant proponent of "repairative therapy" for gender non-conforming young people.
Action is needed immediately. People need to start to sound the alarms and raise red flags about the inappropriate choices that the APA has made. While some of the other member of the committee are known and progressive thinkers in regards to GID such as Peggy Cohen-Kettenis and Niklas Långström. I am unfamiliar with many of the other names of the committee members.
I would urge everyone to review the APAs press release of the committee they have appointed, and start to gather information to begin a widespread lobbying effort. The APA held its annual meeting over this last week, and no doubt that many of these committee members are already getting together to start formulating
their work plan.
You can read the APA's press release here:
http://www.psych.org/MainMenu
The names for the committee on Sexuality and Gender Identity Disorders
are as follows:
Kenneth J. Zucker, Ph.D. (Chair)
Head, Gender Identity Service Clinic, Child,
Youth, and Family Program
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Irving M. Binik, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ray Blanchard, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Head of Clinical Sexology Services
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Ph.D.
Head of the Department of Medical Psychology
VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jack Drescher, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
New York Medical College
Associate Attending Psychiatrist, St. Luke's-
Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, NY
Cynthia Graham, Ph.D.
Research Tutor
Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology
Isis Education Centre
Warneford Hospital
Headington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Richard B. Krueger, M.D.
Medical Director, Sexual Behavior Clinic
Department of Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute and
Columbia University
New York, NY
Niklas Långström, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Centre for Violence Prevention
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat.
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, NY
Robert Taylor Segraves, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairperson
Department of Psychiatry
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
In Solidarity,
Danielle Askini
Transgender Health Coordinator
Verbena Health
Seattle, WA
206.323.6540 x6
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For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group
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