The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Concerns (CLGBTC) seeks nominations for two positions beginning January 1, 2008. Nominees are sought who have experience or expertise relevant to one or more of the following areas:
- Policy and advocacy,
- Practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender clients;
- Youth;
- Couples and family;
- Aging;
- Transgender.
The Committee particularly welcomes nominations of ethnic minority psychologists, bisexual psychologists, psychologists with disabilities, and transgender psychologists, and other psychologists who are members of underrepresented groups. In considering nominees, the Committee will also consider the range of major fields and specializations in psychology and the geographic diversity represented in its membership.
The Committee's mission is to:
- study and evaluate on an ongoing basis how the issues and concerns of lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender psychologists can best be dealt with;
- encourage objective and unbiased research in areas relevant to lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender adults and youths and the social impact of such research;
- examine the consequences of inaccurate information and stereotypes about lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender adults and youth in clinical practice;
- develop educational materials for distribution to psychologists and others; and
- make recommendations regarding the integration of these issues into the APA’s activities to further the cause of civil and legal rights of lesbian, gay male, bisexual, and transgender psychologists within the profession.
The Committee shall consist of six members, three of whom self-identify as women and three of whom self-identify as men, to be appointed for staggered terms of three years. Transgender members who do not self-identify as either women or men may fill either a female or a male seat, in alternation (for example, if there were two transgender members who did not identify as either women or men, one would fill a male seat and one would fill a female seat). It shall report to Council through the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest.
A statement of the nominee’s interest in and qualifications for the Committee and a current curriculum vitae should accompany the nomination. Self nominations are accepted. Nomination materials are to be received by AUGUST 31, 2007, mail to CLGBTC Nominations, Public Interest Directorate, American Psychological Association, 750 First St., NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 or email to The LGBC Office.
