Psychologists Take Radically Different Approaches in Therapy
by Alix Spiegel [All Things Considered]
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Drs. Ken Zucker and Diane Ehrensaft have different approaches to treating kids who identify themselves more with the opposite sex. Read their answers to questions about gender identity issues and the ethics of their therapies. |
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Dr Laura Saunders testifies in favor of HB 5723. Dr Saunders is a licensed Pyschologist specializing in child and adolescent development and psychopathology
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All Things Considered, May 7, 2008 · Note: To protect the identities of these families, NPR has used only first names and has changed one of the children’s names.
It wasn’t until Halloween when her 2 1/2-year-old son decided to dress as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz that Carol began to worry.
Bradley had always had a preference for girls’ things. From his earliest days he had chosen girls’ dolls, identified with female characters and gravitated toward female children. But Carol had never thought to care. As far as she was concerned, it wasn’t a loaded gun; it wasn’t a lit cigarette. She says it had really never crossed her mind to say, “I’d really rather you played with a truck.”
Then, on Halloween, the calculus began to tip. [Read more →]
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HB 5723, An Act Concerning Discrimination, To Prohibit Discrimination on the basis of Gender Identity or Expression is NOW on the House Calendar. AND our opposition is using fear mongering tactics and alerts to mobilize against this bill. So ACT NOW and contact your legislator telling them you support full equality. It is crucially important that our legislators hear overwhelmingly from EVERYONE on this alert, as well as forwarding to your friends and loved ones!
We need our voices to be heard to ensure that this bill is raised for a vote on the House floor quickly and without any harmful amendments!
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| March 27, 2008 |
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Our next meeting is on Thursday March 27th and the meeting takes place at the MCC Chapel,155 Wyllys Street Hartford. NOTE the change in venue! The meeting will be held down and in back of the Colt Memorial Parish House of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in the MCC Chapel.
The meeting starts at 6:00pm and will end at 8:00.
The agenda is:
* Legislative update
* Trans Health and Law Conference
* Fundraisers: Photographic fundraiser and Fashion Show
* Moving our Community Meetings to the MCC chapel on Wyllys Street
* Other business
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| April 1, 2008 |
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
Criminal Justice and Prison issues are critical concerns facing the trans community and Ct TransAdvocacy proudly supports the work of the CT Pardon Team.
Are past convictions affecting your present and your future? Find out how to apply for a Non-Inmate Pardon to clear your record and move forward with your life! Your privacy will be respected. Or if you have completed your sentence, and are violation-free, you MAY be eligible to apply for a Pardon to expunge your criminal record.
Pardon Forum
Presented by the
Connecticut Pardon Team
And the UCONN School of Social Work
And Keynote by
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DOUGLAS MCCRORY
Tuesday, April 1
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Hartford Public Library
Downtown Library, Main Floor
500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
Registration required:
Call TOLL-FREE 1-866-251-3810
Or visit www.connecticutpardonteam.com
For directions or more information, please call the library at 695-6295 or visit our web site www.hplct.org.
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At 4:10 PM on Monday, March 24th, the Judiciary Committee voted in favor of HB 5723–An Act Concerning Discrimination, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression. The bill passed with a vote of 37 yeas and only 6 nays and with strong bipartisan support (click to view vote tally; video of vote below). And importantly there was no teacher amendment raised. The bill now moves to the House for consideration.
Please take a moment to thank your legislator in the Judiciary for their positive vote in support of this bill. For a list of Judiciary members click here. Most importantly please drop a special thank you to Ranking member and Chairs: Senators John Kissel (R), Andrew McDonald (D) and Rep. Michael Lawlor (D). Without their leadership, this bill would have died today in Judiciary with the other over 100 bills not making the Judiciary JF deadline of 5 PM today!
Please visit ourwebsite at ConnecticutADC.org for full details on this legislative effort.
Judiciary Vote on HB 5723:
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from Doug Stewart at Fox61 March 25, 2008, 7:48 AM EDT
A bill that would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and expression passed out of the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly on Tuesday afternoon.
The vote was 32 in favor and 6 against, with support from both Republicans and Democrats. The TransAdvocacy Coalition, a group which had organized support for the bill, said it passed without an amendment exempting teachers. It now goes to the House of Representatives.
The bill made it out of Committee last year but died in the House.
Copyright © 2008, WTIC
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Late last week we learned that the Judiciary Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the transgender equality bill that the Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition is supporting in collaboration with CWEALF, Love Makes a Family and others in the Connecticut Anti-Discrimination Coalition.
Last year, this bill (SB 1044) won strong approval in four legislative committees (Judiciary, GAE, Education, Higher Education) and passed in the Senate with a total vote tally of 111 in favor and only 13 opposed. Additionally a teachers amendment in Higher Education failed by a vote of 14 to 1.
We need our voices to be heard to ensure that this bill passes through all of its committees quickly and without any harmful amendments!
Take action : http://www.lmfct.org/transequality, post on your blogs, 
The Judiciary public hearing on HB 5723–An Act Concerning Discrimination, is Wednesday, March 19, 12 PM. See below regarding submitting your story for the Public Hearing.
Fact sheet on HB 5723
Q&A on HB 5723
Please visit ourwebsite at ConnecticutADC.org for full details on this legislative effort.
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| April 19, 2008 |
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Register today [online or mail/fax] for the second annual Transgender Lives: The Intersection of Health and Law Conference being held on Saturday, April 19 at the UCONN Health Center from 8:00 AM till 5 PM. This all day conference is geared towards Service Providers, Medical and Legal Professionals, Trans a
nd Gender non-conforming community, allies and all those interested in the Health and Law isues facing the Trans and gender non-conforming communities. For up to the minute Conference news go to our website at www.TransgenderLives.org
Registration [online or mail/fax] is suggested at $25 for Individuals, $50 for Agency Personnel, though no one will be turned away due to registration cost. Please check sponsorship box in the registration form if you would like to be considered for a paid sponsorship to the conference. If your organization is interested in sponsoring and/or tabling please contact us at conference@transadvocacy.org or (860) 983-8139. If interested in volunteering please contact us at volunteers@transadvocacy.org or (860) 983-8139.
Workshops will cover topics such as [Read more →]
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