Division 20 colleagues,
Dr. Margaret Schneider contacted me in my role as our division's representative to APA's Committee on Women. As Chair of APA's Task Force on Gender Variance, Gender Identity, and Intersex Issues, Dr. Schneider would like members of Division 20 to be aware of the goals of the task force and encourages interested individuals to contact her. Below, I have listed the goals of the task force for your review, as well as Dr. Schneider's contact information. I encourage you to inform yourself about the aims of this important working group and to contact Dr. Schneider if you are interested in pursuing issues related to the group's mission. Dr. Schneider the breadth of interests that would be welcome to participate, including research, policy, and practice.
Best regards, Mary Ann Stephens
"Task Force Goals"
How the APA should address transgender and intersex issues, including recommendations for education, training, and further research How the APA can best meet the needs of psychologists and students who identify as transgender, transsexual, gender variant, or intersex, including which entities have interest or expertise in these issues and how to develop ongoing dialogue and sensitivity training in this area How existing APA policies address transgender and intersex concerns and what policy changes, if any, should be made How the APA can collaborate with other professional organizations in this area
As you can see, the Task Force is charged with identifying where, within APA, there is potential interest in these issues and which divisions might, in principle, want to become involved in things like developing resources, promoting research, devoting convention programming, developing guidelines, and generally devoting some time and energy to these issues.
Margaret S. Schneider, Ph.D., C. Psych. Associate Professor Department of Adult Education and Counseling Psychology mschneider@oise.utoronto.ca OISE/UT 252 Bloor St. W. Toronto, ON M5S 1V6
phone: 416/923-6641 x2550 fax: 416/926-4749
