Council of Representatives Adopts Resolution Supporting Full Equality for Transgender and Gender-Variant People

The Resolution on Transgender, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression Non-discrimination (PDF) calls on APA to:

• support legal and social recognition of transgender individuals consistent with their gender identity and expression;

• support the provision of adequate and medically necessary treatment for transgender and gender-variant people;

• recognize the benefit and necessity of gender transition treatments for appropriately evaluated individuals;

• call on public and private insurers to cover these treatments.

Council of Representatives Receives Report by the Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance (PDF)

The six-member task force spent more than two years reviewing the scientific literature, as well as APA policies regarding transgender issues. It was also charged with developing recommendations for education, professional training and further research into transgenderism, and proposing how APA can best meet the needs of psychologists and students who identify as transgender or gender-variant.

In addition, the task force developed a brochure, Answers to Your Questions about Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity, which APA published in 2006.