HBIDGA (WPATH) SOC I

The current Standards of Care (SOC) is version VII. Here’s were everything got started in 1979 with the HBIGDA SOC I: SOC I (1979) Cover Page STANDARDS OF CARE The hormonal and surgical sex reassignment of gender dysphoric persons Prepared by: The founding committee of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Jack C. Berger, M. D. Richard Green, M. D. Donald R. Laub, M. D. Charles L. Reynolds, Jr., M. D. Paul A. Walker, Ph. D. (Chairperson) Leo Wollman, M. D. NOTE: It wasn’t until the publication of this document that a “transsexual” stopped being an umbrella term. Until 1979, a transsexual (Type 4 or 5) could be someone who lived only some of the time cross-sexed, didn’t need – or may not even have wanted – hormones or genital surgery. Distributed by: The Janus Information Facility, The University of Texas Medical Branch Introduction As of the beginning of

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