Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Papers
For the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), in Melbourne, Australia, July 11th – 16th, 2010.

The International Network for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns and Transgender Issues in Psychology (INET), an association of national, multinational, and international psychological organizations, is looking to facilitate a program of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and gender identity related presentations at the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) 2010.

ICAP is calling for symposia and individual papers (deadline December 1, 2009). To ensure that LGBT-related presentations are collected together, INET advises symposia applicants and applicants for individual presentations to ensure that they identify their submission to ICAP by selecting the ‘sexuality’ or ‘LGBT issues’ keyword via the online submission process at www.icap2010.com

Suggested topics for symposia on LGBT issues that might be presented on at ICAP 2010 include, but are not limited to, the following:

• transgender persons
• intersex persons
• bisexuality
• LGBT immigrants
• marriage / family / parenting
• LGBT sexology
• discrimination / anti-gay violence
• internet / virtual communities
• health and LGBT people
• culture and religion

If you are interested in making a contribution by organizing a symposium, please do so via the ICAP website. If you are interested in presenting in a general symposium but are unable to field the four other papers required, please send the following information to Charlene DeLong before November 1st, 2009, and INET may be able to put you in contact with a member planning a symposium in which you could take part: Name, institution; E-mail-address; title/topic of proposed talk.

You should be aware that this is not an official initiative of the ICAP organizers, though they do of course welcome submissions on all topics pertaining to psychology. Decision to include specific symposia or individual papers will be at the discretion of the ICAP organizing committee. Also, INET is not in a position to offer funding support for presenters, though please do visit the conference website to access any relevant information about travel or possible funding opportunities.

Please feel free to spread this call to other individuals and groups who might be interested.

We hope to see you in Melbourne in 2010!