Gender

Policy Statements from Other Organizations

These references are current as of October 11, 2022:

1. American Academy of Pediatrics
Policy statement issued October 1, 2018: Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2018;142(4):e20182162. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2162

2. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals: Committee Opinion Number 823; March 2021, available at https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2021/03/health-care-for-transgender-and-gender-diverse-individuals.

3. American Medical Association
The AMA has >35 policies dealing with LGBTQ issues. A listing of these can be accessed at: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/population-care/policies-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer-lgbtq-issues.

4. American Psychiatric Association
The 2018 and 2020 positions papers on TGD individuals are available at: https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/About-APA/Organization-Documents-Policies/Policies/Position-2018-Discrimination-Against-Transgender-and-Gender-Diverse-Individuals.pdf; and https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/About-APA/Organization-Documents-Policies/Policies/Position-Transgender-Gender-Diverse-Youth.pdf

5. American Psychological Association
The 2015 Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People is available at https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/transgender.pdf.

6. American Urological Association
2021 – Creating a Gender-Affirming Environment for Urological Care is available at https://www.auanet.org/membership/publications-overview/aua-news/all-articles/2021/april-2021/creating-a-gender-affirming-environment-for-urologic-care
2019 Pediatric Decision Making and Differences of Sex Development: A Society for Pediatric Urology and American Urological Association Joint Position Statement, is available at https://www.auanet.org/guidelines/guidelines/joint-statement-on-dsd.

7. Endocrine Society
2017 – Gender Dysphoria/Gender Incongruence Guideline Resources available at https://www.endocrine.org/clinical-practice-guidelines/gender-dysphoria-gender-incongruence.

8. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
A free PDF version of their Standards of Care Version 7 is available at https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc.

9. International Association of Chiefs of Police
2018 – Interactions with Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Individuals, available at https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/TransgenderPaper2018.pdf