The Gender Dysphoria Affirmative Working Group was founded in September 2018 to support the affirmative model of care for transgender healthcare.
Background
Their website went live in September 2018. It states:
“We are a broad coalition of prominent medical and mental health professionals, academics, researchers, activists, and allies, some trans and others cis, all with expertise in gender and sexuality and troubled by the notion of “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria.” Over the past decade, we have witnessed an increasing number of transgender and gender nonconforming youth and adolescents come out, as well as unprecedented hostility from those attempting to limit acceptance and access to services, a masquerade of ‘concern’ through misinformation and fear.”
This group’s formation led to the formation of the similarly named anti-trans group Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group, which promoted “rapid onset gender dysphoria” and anti-trans conversion therapy. This group was the precursor to anti-trans hate groups Genspect and Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine.
People
- Noah Adams
- Elsa Almås
- Florence Ashley
- Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad
- Uri Belkind
- Ady Ben-Israel
- Peter Chirinos
- Damon Constantinides
- Diane Ehrensaft
- Tony Ferraiolo
- Robert Garofalo
- Shawn V. Giammattei
- Elizabeth Glaeser
- Melanie A. Gold
- Rachel Lynn Golden
- Lisa Griffin
- Linda A Hawkins
- Marco A. Hidalgo
- Laura A. Jacobs
- Aron Janssen
- Randi Kaufman
- Colt Keo-Meier
- S.J. Langer
- Sean Lare
- Arlene (Ari) Istar Lev
- Dru Levasseur
- Jean Malpas
- Zack Marshall
- Denise Medico
- Xtine Milrod
- Aydin Olson-Kennedy
- Johanna Olson-Kennedy
- Simon Pickstone-Taylor
- Jake Pyne
- Marjorie Rabiau
- Asa Radix
- Jason Rafferty
- Stephen M. Rosenthal
- Cianán Russell
- Hershel Russell
- Annie Pullen Sansfaçon
- Herb Schreier
- Judy Sennesh
- Caroline Shahbaz
- John B. Steever
- Françoise Susset
- Brynn Tannehill
- Lida N. Vala
- Erika P. Volkmar
- Barbara E. Warren
- Linda Wesp
- Kelley Winters
Resources
The Gender Dysphoria Affirmative Working Group (gdaworkinggroup.com)
Facebook (facebook.com)