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FAIR in Medicine 2024 letter attacking APA

In 2024, FAIR in Medicine published an open letter condemning the American Psychiatric Association for publishing the 2023 book Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care. The signatories include prominent anti-transgender activists around the globe.

Signatories

  • Erin Friday
  • Dr. David Bell
  • Cyrus Nowrasteh
  • Dr. Juliet Singer
  • A.W. Rousseau, MD, Emeritus
  • “Dr. J”
  • Dr. Az Hakeem, MBBS, MsC, FRCPsych
  • C. Alan Hopewell, PhD, MP, ABPP, BSM
  • “Anonymous” (Distinguished Life Fellow of APA)
  • Jane Orient, MD
  • Nathan  A. Solomon, PhD
  • Natalie Strickland, MD
  • Suzanne Reynolds, PharmD
  • Kathleen Jennison Goonan, MD
  • Matthew R. Porter, MD
  • Cirel Klein, LMSW
  • Scott S. Field, MD
  • Tai Croitoru, PhD
  • Ann Gillies, PhD
  • Laura B. Cooper, MD
  • Virginia Hatch‑Pigott, MD
  • Aneek Shoemaker, MD
  • Melissa Nelson, MD
  • Kinloch Nelson, MD
  • Caroline C Jones, Pediatric PA‑C
  • Ethel Minder, LMSW
  • Kathleen E Finnegan, MA
  • S Bryson Flemming, MD
  • Den A. Trumbull, MD, FCP
  • Kimberly A. Vacca, MD, FCP
  • Reni Moon, MD
  • Emily Economie, PMHNP‑BC
  • Dr. Louise Irvine, MBChB, MSc
  • Dr. Katie Clyde
  • Dr. Libby Nugent, DClinPsy CPsychol AFBPS
  • Dr. Phil Hopley, MRCPsych MD
  • Dr. Stephen Westgarth, MBBS, MRCPsych, PgDipCBT
  • W. Anthony Gerard, MD FAAFP, FACEP
  • Aaron Kimberly, RN
  • Jonathan Williams, MD, FACEP
  • Stephynia Limongello, FNP‑C
  • Shawn Hayston, FNP, MSN, CEN, EMT‑P
  • Misty L. Dotts, FNP‑C
  • Kiara Elly, MD
  • Victoria Hall, FNP‑BC, RN, LMT, PMHNP‑S
  • Whitney F. Jones, MD
  • Cammy Benton, MD
  • Patricia A Powers, MD
  • J. Cohn
  • Axa Carnes, M.Ed
  • Frank McClelland, MEd, SpArts
  • Grady B. Core, MD
  • Alfonso Oliva, MD, FACS
  • Tracy L. Hansen, PhD
  • Pamela Garfield‑Jaeger, LCSW, MS
  • Soad Tabrizi, MA, MFT
  • Dr. Bettina Reiter
  • David Kay, MD
  • Staci Kay, AGACNP‑BC
  • Katherine Welch, MD
  • Richard H. Sandler, MD
  • Weston Saunders, MD
  • Y. Rosebraugh, LCSW
  • Bethany Rife, MD
  • Kristen Walsh, MD
  • Mark Hoch, MD, MDiv.
  • Linda W. Flower, MD
  • Lindsay Jordan, MD
  • A.A. Howsepian, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Patrick Clarke
  • Roberto D’Angelo
  • Octavian M. Belcea, MD
  • Stephanie Winn, LMFT
  • Marcy Willows, PhD, MPH
  • Jane Clare
  • Sara Stockton, LMFT
  • Christian Shield, MD
  • Mark Mierzejewski
  • Clayton J. Baker, MD
  • David W. Morgan, BSc MB BCh LLM FRCPC
  • Sasha Ayad, MEd, LPC
  • Wendy Rogers, MSW
  • William Braden, MD
  • Laura Dunn, MD
  • Andre van Mol, MD
  • Paul W. Hruz, MD, Ph.D
  • Erin Everitt
  • Dr. Jeff Barrows
  • Allan Josephson, MD
  • Lisa Marchiano, LCSW
  • Marilyn M. Singleton, MD
  • Erica E. Li, MD
  • Diana Blum, MD
  • Stewart L. Cooper, MD
  • Mark McDonald, MD
  • Kenneth J. Marks, DO
  • Elliott Kaminetzky, PhD
  • Pinchas Herszberg
  • Nancey Trevanian Tsai, MD
  • J. Lee Pace, MD
  • Malka Miller, PsyD
  • Kristen Farrell‑Turner, PhD
  • Robert E. Jackson, MD
  • Erica Weinstein, LCPC, CCTP
  • Victor Chen, MD
  • Malkie Davidson, PsyD
  • Sheila Furey, MD
  • V. L. (Bob) Cantrell, Ph.D.
  • Joshua Halle, PsyD
  • L. David Perry, MD
  • Laura Haynes, PhD
  • Thomas J. Schreiner, MD
  • Michael Milgraum, Esq, PhD
  • Michelle Mackness, BA, MC
  • Michelle A. Cretella, MD
  • Ronald E. Kramer, MD
  • Marcie Foster, LISW‑S
  • Joseph Guarino, MD
  • Jessica Bishop, DDS
  • Edward F. Drass, MD
  • Jane E. Anderson, MD
  • Dianna Lightfoot
  • Gretchen A. Reis, MD
  • Ralph E. Carter, MD
  • Sarah M. Carter, RN
  • Rebekah Corley, LCSW
  • Kevin L. Speight, MD, MBA
  • Anonymous, MD
  • Anupam K. Singhal, MD
  • Laura Haygood, MD
  • Thomas C. Wiener, MD
  • Kristen Hawthorne, MD
  • Duren Michael Ready, MD
  • Jon Ward, MD
  • Leonora Regenstreif, MD
  • Lili Daoud, LCSW
  • Abraham Daoud, MD
  • Bose Ravenel, MD
  • William M. Barrett, MD
  • Baruch Schmidt, MD
  • Jack Clinton, MSW
  • Mary M Kennedy, PsyD
  • Christi Pramudji, MD
  • Sarah Dietrich, MD
  • M. Thomas Beets, MD
  • Kelly Hess, LPC Associate
  • Alesha Logan, NP
  • Michele Bachman, MA, LPC‑S
  • Joslin Batty, LCSW
  • Mary Kay Lowe, MA, LMFT
  • Jasmina Cesic
  • Robert W. Otto, PhD
  • Derek Husmann, MD
  • S C Benoit, PhD, LPCC‑S
  • Brian Walsh, MD, MBA
  • Anne J. Ryland, PA
  • Rhonda K. Velders, LPC‑S
  • Margaret Brody, MD
  • Nicole M. Johnson, MD
  • Victoria Schneider, MD
  • Susan Schmidt‑Lackner, MD
  • Jeremy Simms, Clinical Psychologist

References

(January 2024). An Open Letter to the American Psychiatric Association Regarding the Publication of Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care https://www.fairforall.org/open-letters/open-letter-apa/