Abbreviation | WPATH |
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Formation | September 1979 |
Type | NGO |
94-2675140[1] | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3)[1] |
Purpose | To promote evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy, and respect in transgender health.[2] |
Headquarters | East Dundee, Illinois, U.S. |
Products | Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People |
Membership (2021) | 2,700[3] |
Walter Pierre Bouman[4] | |
Marci Bowers[4] | |
Asa Radix[4] | |
Loren Schechter[4] | |
Revenue (2016) | $1,245,915[2] |
Expenses (2016) | $1,144,284[2] |
Employees (2016) | 0[2] |
Website | www |
Formerly called | Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association |
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity and gender dysphoria, and creating standardized treatment for transgender and gender variant people. WPATH was founded in 1979 and named HBIGDA in honor of Harry Benjamin during a period where there was no clinical consensus on how and when to provide gender-affirming care. WPATH is mostly known for the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People (SOC).
WPATH has seen significant growth in its membership and programming over the past year, now with more than 2700 members and 49 countries represented.