LGBTQ STUDY GROUP of the William Alanson White Institute invites you to a conversation with
JACK DRESCHER, M.D.
Affirming Gender Dysphoric Youth:
Reflections on the Opposition
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
8:30 – 10:00 PM (EST)
Description: The treatment of children and adolescents diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria (DSM-5-TR) or Gender Incongruence (ICD-11) has evoked both clinical and cultural controversies. This presentation begins with a brief history of gender diagnoses in the DSM and ICD followed by a history of clinical controversies in treating prepubescent gender dysphoric children. The paper then goes on to explore some attitudes and beliefs that underlie opposition to gender affirming care followed by ways in which the data on treating these patient populations is sometimes misinterpreted or even deliberately distorted. The paper concludes with an ethical issue raised by such attitudes, beliefs and practices.
Jack Drescher, M.D.,is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City.
Dr. Drescher trained at the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute where he is a Training and Supervising Analyst and serves as a member of its Board of Trustees. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia Uni-versity and a Faculty Member at Columbia’s Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health. He is a Senior Psychoanalytic Consultant at Columbia’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Drescher is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Past President of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry and a Past President of APA’s New York County Psychiatric Society. He serves on APA’s Committee on Judicial Action.
Dr. Drescher served as Section Editor of the Gender Dysphoria Chapter in the DSM-5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) process. He served on APA’s DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders and served on the World Health Organization’s Working Group on the Classification of Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health that revised sex and gender diagnoses in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). He served on the Honorary Scientific Committee revising the 2nd edition of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-2).
Dr. Drescher’s professional honors include:
- Dr. Ivan Goldberg Outstanding Service Award, New York County Psychiatric Society (2024)
- Haskell Norman Prize for Excellence in Psychoanalysis, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (2023)
- The Mary S. Sigourney Award for International Work on Gender and Sexuality (2022)
- Visiting Professor, Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute (2021)
- American Psychiatric Association’s John Fryer Award (2018)
Dr. Drescher is Author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man (Routledge) and Emeritus Editor of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. He has edited and co-edited more than a score of books dealing with gender, sexuality and the health and mental health of LGBTQ communities. He has authored and co-authored numerous professional articles and book chapters as well. His publications have been translated into Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Finnish and German.
Dr. Drescher is an expert media spokesperson on issues related to gender and sexuality.
| Please note:
– The registrants will receive the Zoom link to attend this meeting via email from
The William Alanson White Institute with subject line:
“LGBTQ Study Group 2024-2025”.
– LGBTQ Study Group events are not recorded.
– We are not able to provide CE credits at this time. |
For inquiries regarding The LGBTQ Study Group please contact the chair,
Willa N. France: poetadmiral@earthlink.net