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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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“HBIDGA (WPATH) SOC I” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging healthcare and medicine. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning transgender identity and history. Published in 2012 by Cristan’s Research, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how healthcare and medicine was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is research ethics and data governance and civil rights and anti-discrimination. It links that institutional frame to transgender identity and history and healthcare and medicine, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.
Ranked themes and framings
Rank 1 is the dominant inferred theme or framing. Parent labels identify broader theme families; the relationship diagram distinguishes sub-themes, siblings, overlap, and separate-but-related themes.
Themes
- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life95%
- 3Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life47%
- 4Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication42%
- 5Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life13%
- 6Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community9%
Academic framing
- 1100%
- 210%
- 38%
- 46%
Policy framing
- 1100%
- 253%
Editorial function
Source topics
These classifications are inferred from article text and source metadata and remain directly editable. Relationship labels express corpus-analysis judgments, not immutable facts.
How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 1 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Community and organizing519
- Law and civil rights455
- Culture, identity, and representation305
- Education and youth288
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse247
- Healthcare and medicine229
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization226
- History, archives, and memory211
- Public policy and governance200
- Family and relationships186
Academic framings in this topic
Policy framings in this topic
- Public accommodations and facilities170
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination161
- Criminal justice and public safety128
- Elections and democratic governance95
- Research ethics and data governance73
- Labor and employment policy51
- Housing and social services37
- Administrative classification and identity documents36
Values measure relative presence in the registered Collective corpus, not public search interest or public opinion.
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Author profiles and related researchers
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Mari
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Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.
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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.
Marti Abernathey
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.
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