Kelley Winters
At a Glance:
Kelley Winters has been a Project Contributor since January 2009, has written 23 entries and currently lives in Colorado.
Bio
Kelley Winters, Ph.D. is the author of Gender Madness in American Psychiatry: Essays from the Struggle for Dignity and a community advocate on issues of transgender medical policy. She is the founder of GID Reform Advocates, a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and an Advisory Board Member for the Matthew Sheppard Foundation and TransYouth Family Allies. Kelley has presented papers on the psychiatric classification of gender diversity at annual conventions of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Counseling Association and the Association of Women in Psychology. Her articles have appeared in a number of mental health journals and in two books. Kelley currently lives in Colorado and enjoys skiing, hiking and landscape photography.
Kelley Winters: Recently Filed
New Standards of Care for the Health of Trans People
Filed by Kelley Winters | September 26, 2011 10:15 AM | 37 commentsYesterday, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released it's 7th version of Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (SOC) in Atlanta.Read More
Proposed Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis in DSM-5
Filed by Kelley Winters | June 07, 2011 5:00 PM | 13 commentsAlthough the APA has responded to concerns about the "Gender Identity Disorder" diagnosis in the new edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, they have not addressed concerns about their "Gender Dysphoria" diagnosis.Read More
Transvestic Disorder: The Overlooked Anti-Trans Diagnosis
Filed by Kelley Winters | May 28, 2011 10:00 AM | 42 commentsThe new edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders features two entries regarding the trans community. While Gender Dysphoria is already well-known, Transvestic Disorder is less discussed. Both merit attention and action from advocates. Read More
Documentary Films Featured at the 2011 Colorado Gold Rush Conference
Filed by Kelley Winters | February 06, 2011 2:30 PM | 1 commentsThe 12th annual Colorado Gold Rush, the Rocky Mountain Region's premiere gender conference, will kick off with a screening and preview of two remarkable documentaries by Colorado producers on February 24 at the Denver Renaissance Hotel. Keynote speakers for the...Read More
Trans Nonviolence and Civil Discourse
Filed by Kelley Winters | January 18, 2011 12:30 PM | 29 commentsNonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man [or woman] who wields it. I believe in this method because I think it is the...Read More
