Transgender Professional Association for Transgender Health

The Transgender Professional Association for Transgender Health (TPATH) is a global professional association for trans-identified health care professionals, including researchers, clinicians, providers-in-training, activists, and other service-oriented experts. It was formed as an outgrowth of conversations held by trans professionals and activists at the 2016 WPATH conference in Amsterdam. TPATH describes itself as the first global transgender healthcare organization headed by trans-identified health care professionals. Its mission is to represent trans professionals and their community within the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), associated regional organizations such as ANZPATH, CPATH, EPATH, and USPATH, and the broader sphere of transgender health care. Membership is open only to those who self-identify within the trans and gender diverse spectrum; cisgender allies are welcome to support the organization but cannot become members. TPATH emphasizes that trans people have been represented in the full spectrum of transgender health care professions since the field's inception, and that an organized group of trans-identified professionals is needed to consolidate and build on gains made within WPATH and related organizations. The organization operates globally, with members across multiple countries and continents, and maintains an online presence at tpathealth.org.

TPATH was established as an outgrowth of several conversations held by trans professionals and activists at the 2016 WPATH conference in Amsterdam. For many participants, this was the first WPATH event they had attended, while others had been involved in the association for years or even decades. A common observation was that trans people would not be accurately portrayed in presentations, publications, and other WPATH communications and events until more trans individuals were represented in the organization's leadership. While recognizing that WPATH had made strides to address these problems, the founders concluded that an engaged and organized group of trans-identified health care professionals was needed to consolidate and build on those gains. TPATH was created to bring the full weight of its members' expertise, including skills and experiences gained through their lived experiences as trans individuals, to this task. The organization positions itself as the first global transgender healthcare organization headed by trans-identified health care professionals, representing these professionals and their community within WPATH, associated regional organizations (e.g., ANZPATH, CPATH, EPATH, USPATH), and the larger sphere of transgender health care. Membership is open only to those who self-identify within the trans and gender diverse spectrum. The organization has removed the word "intersex" from its title to avoid suggesting that intersex individuals are necessarily trans, while acknowledging overlap and differences between trans and intersex issues.

• 2016

  Conversations at the WPATH conference in Amsterdam lead to the formation of TPATH.

Global professional association for trans-identified health care professionals, advocating for representation within WPATH and the broader transgender health care field.

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