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Psychotherapy is an important medical tool to deal with the stress associated with coming out as LGBTQ.  It plays a critical role in the transgender transitioning process.  Similarly, it plays an ongoing role in the lives of the intersex population.   
 
Psychotherapy is an important medical tool to deal with the stress associated with coming out as LGBTQ.  It plays a critical role in the transgender transitioning process.  Similarly, it plays an ongoing role in the lives of the intersex population.   
  
Gaylesta is a professional psychotherapy association founded in 1987 specifically for licensed practitioners specializing in the LGBTQ community.  It is the oldest and largest professional organization focussed on LGBTQ mental health.  It is also an advocacy organization fighting against gay conversion programming around the world.
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Gaylesta is a professional psychotherapy association founded in 1987 specifically for licensed practitioners specializing in the LGBTQ community.  It is the oldest and largest professional organization focused on LGBTQ mental health.  It is also an advocacy organization fighting against gay conversion programming around the world.
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The world's first transgender professional psychiatrist is believed to have been [[Jeanne Hoff]] of the United States.
  
 
The following LGBTQ individuals have made notable contributions to the profession:
 
The following LGBTQ individuals have made notable contributions to the profession:
  
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'''Canada'''
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* [[Morton Beiser]]
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* [[Lori Ross]]
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'''Great Britain'''
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* [[Dinesh Bhugra]]
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* [[Tamara Burrows]]
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* [[Dominic Davies]]
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* [[Alex Drummond]]
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* [[Bernard Lynch]]
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* [[Victoria McCloud]]
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* [[Soren Stauffer-Kruse]]
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'''Italy'''
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* [[Margherita Graglia]]
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'''Norway'''
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* [[Paul Johan Karlsen]]
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'''United States'''
  
* [[Roger Brown]], United States
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* [[Roger Brown]]
* [[Dinesh Bhugra]], Great Britain
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* [[Robert Paul Cabaj]]
* [[Robert Paul Cabaj]], United States
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* [[Matthew J. Dempsey]]
* [[Dominic Davies]], Great Britain
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* [[Henry Havelock Ellis]]
* [[Matthew J. Dempsey]], United States
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* [[Laura Erickson-Schroth]]
* [[Alex Drummond]], Great Britain
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* [[Nick Fager]]
* [[Henry Havelock Ellis]], United States
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* [[Diane Felicio]]
* [[Laura Erickson-Schroth]], United States
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* [[Eugene Glynn]]
* [[Eugene Glynn]], United States
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* [[Paul Goodman]]
* [[Paul Goodman]], United States
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* [[Richard Green]]
* [[Margherita Graglia]], Italy
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* [[Perry Halkitis]]
* [[Marjorie Hill]], United States
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* [[Marjorie Hill]]
* [[Paul Johan Karlsen]], Norway
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* [[Jeanne Hoff]]
* [[Joyce Kauffman]], United States
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* [[Joyce Kauffman]]
* [[Neal King]], United States
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* [[Neal King]]
* [[Alfred Kinsey]], United States
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* [[Alfred Kinsey]]
* [[Fritz Klein]], United States
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* [[Fritz Klein]]
* [[Davina Kotulski]], United States
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* [[Davina Kotulski]]
* [[Anne Lawrence]], United States
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* [[Anne Lawrence]]
* [[Bernard Lynch]], Great Britain
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* [[Liz Margolies]]
* [[Liz Margolies]], United States
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* [[Andrew Mattison]]
* [[Andrew Mattison]], United States
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* [[Kevin Nadal]]
* [[Kevin Nadal]], United States
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* [[Walt Odets]]
* [[Scott Harms Rose]], United States
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* [[Scott Harms Rose]]
* [[Lori Ross]], Canada
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* [[Ron Schlittler]]
* [[Ron Schlittler]], United States
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* [[Scout]]
* [[Scout]], United States
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* [[Adrienne Smith]]
* [[Adrienne Smith]], United States
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* [[Andrew Solomon]]
* [[Andrew Solomon]], United States
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* [[Samuel Steward]]
* [[Soren Stauffer-Kruse]], Great Britain
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* [[Mary Trump]]
* [[Samuel Steward]], United States
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* [[Lilli Vincenz]]
* [[Eric Yarbrough]], United States
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* [[Eric Yarbrough]]
* [[Jeff Zacharias]], United States
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* [[Jeff Zacharias]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
 
* [[LGBTQ Individuals in the Fields of Sociology and Anthropology]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Individuals in the Fields of Sociology and Anthropology]]
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* [[Prominent Medical Practitioners Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[LGBTQ Government Ministers of Health]]
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* [[LGBTQ Philosophers and Teachers of Philosophy]]
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* [[Mental Health Advocates from the LGBTQ Community]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 23:50, 14 April 2024

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Psychology, together with Sociology, was one of the first disciplines to study homosexuality. Much of this work has informed society on the behavior and normality of homosexual individuals. Of course, we all know that the removal of homosexuality as an abnormality or disorder of human behavior by the psychiatric profession in the United States (followed by much of the developed world) was a great step forward for LGBTQ human rights. This conclusion was based on extensive factual scientific research that countered popular opinion and dogma to the contrary.

Many individuals in the profession who have advanced this knowledge, or are doing so today, were or are themselves LGBTQ. Some are well known to us (such as Alfred Kinsey or Henry Havelock Ellis) while others work behind the scenes.

Dinesh Bhugra of Great Britain is notable as the first gay President of the World Psychiatric Assocation. Professionals such as Bhugra all aid the community at large in understanding and coping with aspects as diverse as dealing with HIV/AIDS, transgender individuals, youth and parenting, cancer, relationship counseling, suicide, spirituality, and more.

The profession works with LGBTQ individuals who are confronted with mental and social challenges placed on them by an intolerant and unaccepting (or ignorant) society. One could ask: is there a correlation between intolerance and the extent of professional psychologists per population in a given country?

Psychotherapy is an important medical tool to deal with the stress associated with coming out as LGBTQ. It plays a critical role in the transgender transitioning process. Similarly, it plays an ongoing role in the lives of the intersex population.

Gaylesta is a professional psychotherapy association founded in 1987 specifically for licensed practitioners specializing in the LGBTQ community. It is the oldest and largest professional organization focused on LGBTQ mental health. It is also an advocacy organization fighting against gay conversion programming around the world.

The world's first transgender professional psychiatrist is believed to have been Jeanne Hoff of the United States.

The following LGBTQ individuals have made notable contributions to the profession:

Canada

Great Britain

Italy

Norway

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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