A FINAL REMINDER
Imperial College, London
28th September 2008
Hormonal treatment of teenage transsexuals is controversial.
Whereas in the UK teens must experience most pubertal body changes before any medical intervention, usually at 16, in some countries, including the US, Canada, and the Netherlands, the earliest signs of puberty are blocked and then cross-sex hormones administered.
Clinical practices at medical centres in the US, Canada, and the Netherlands, with teen patients and parents describing their experiences, will be presented at Imperial College, London, on Sunday, 28 September.
Clinicians presenting will be:
Professor Norman Spack, Harvard Medical School,
Professor Marvin Belzer, University of Southern California Medical School
Professor Kenneth Zucker, University of Toronto
Dr. Annelou de Vries, Free University, Amsterdam
All are engaged in extensive programs treating teen transsexuals with pubertal blockers and cross-sex steroids.
Dr Simona Giordano, School of Law, Manchester University, will discuss ethical issues. Teens and parents from the Netherlands and the UK, the latter having travelled to the US for treatment, will discuss their experiences.
Dr Wylie Hembree, Columbia University, Chair of the Endocrine Society Task Force developing a Clinical Guideline for the Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual People (including adolescents) will deliver a report on its deliberations.
Richard Green is moderating the conference. From 1994-2006, he was Research Director/Head, Gender Identity Clinic, Charing Cross Hospital.
He authored the chapter on child and adolescent gender identity disorder in the New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry and has published 200 papers and chapters on psychosexual development since 1960.
The conference runs from 9:30am-5pm at Skempton Building, Lecture Theatre 201, Imperial College, South Kensington campus. (Click here for map) We hope you can attend.
To reserve a place, please download and complete the first page of the booking document and post with a cheque payable to 'Richard Green', addressed to:
Prof Richard Green, Claybrook Centre, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8LN.
This Conference is supported by
GIRES Mermaids The Gender Trust