Access to Gender Confirming Healthcare

Informed Consent for Access to Gender Confirming Healthcare (ICATH)

What is it about?

	Trans* people shouldn't have to go to therapy to get the gender confirming health care they want. No one should have to go to therapy to prove their true gender, or to get permission to change their bodies.

Informed Consent for Acces to Trans Health (ICATH) is a collaboration of gender confirming providers, including therapists and medical professionals. They reject the use of the Gender Identity Disorder Diagnosis (DSM-IV-TR) as a means for accessing gender confirming health care. World Professional Association for Transgender Healthcare (WPATH)  Standards of Care In the WPATH traditional Standards of Care, people are required to attend therapy and to spend time living as the "opposite gender" for as long as one to two years. Trans people should be able to decide what is best for themselves and their bodies, and when. Therapy should be an option rather than a requirement for individuals accessing gender confirming health care. The ICATH link above lists providers in Puget Sound area of Seattle & Olympia, Washington.

 

Mental Health Providers

Seattle/Puget Sound area providers and clinics

ICATH

• A. Canelli, MA, LMHC
• Calvin Burnap, MA, LMHC
• Talcott Broadhead, M.S.W., LSWAA

WPATH

• Seattle Counseling Services

National providers and clinics