Az Hakeem - TRANS: Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria

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Fintan B Harte

MA, MB, BCh, Dobs, DCH, FRCPsych, FRANZCP

Fintan Harte is a Consultant Psychiatrist with over twenty years experience as a gender specialist working in transgender health. He has been Head of Unit, Monash Gender Dysphoria Clinic, and is now in private practice at the Albert Road Clinic, Melbourne. He is a member of WPATH and current President of ANZPATH Australian and New Zealand Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Andrew Ives M.B., CHB, FRACS

Andrew Ives is a qualified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon based in Melbourne. He has been performing transgender surgery for the past seven years. He qualified from Liverpool Medical School UK in 1989, and then emigrated to Australia, where he reviewed his postgraduate training in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery. He worked in Queensland for ten years in private practice, before returning to Melbourne to pursue his interest in transgender surgery. He is also the Deputy Director of the Victorian Adult Burns Service at the Alfred Hospital.

Rosemary Anne Jones M.B. Ch.B. FRCOG, FRANZCOG

Born in England Rosemary trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Natal, and thereafter at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. She then obtained her Membership in the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London.

After emigrating to Australia, Rosemary took up a position as a Senior Visiting Specialist at the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria Hospitals in Adelaide in 1979, while starting a private practice. For 30 years now, she has taken an increasing interest in the problems of the menopause, laparoscopic surgery and the treatment of gender dysphoria, both surgical and hormonal. She herself underwent surgical reassignment in September 2007 and lives contentedly with another woman. She has a current passion for the treatment of premenstrual tension syndrome.

Elizabeth Riley PhD, MA(Couns), BSc

A Sydney-based counsellor, academic & clinical supervisor specialising in gender identity who has worked exclusively with trans clients and their families for nearly 20 years. Elizabeth has a PhD titled The needs of gender variant children and their parents (2012), and provides training in gender diversity and dysphoria regarding children and young adults for service providers and schools where children are undergoing a social gender transition. Elizabeth has published many papers and book chapters on the needs of children with gender diversity and the assessment of adolescents with gender dysphoria.

Melissa Vick B.A., B.Mus., Dip.Ed., M.Ed., PhD.

Melissa Vick spent most of her working life as a teacher, researcher and scholar at James Cook University, Australia. Her research has traversed the disciplines of history, sociology and philosophy, in fields as diverse as education, road safety and trans wellbeing, focusing on social norms and their policing, marginalized social groups, and professionalism.

She transitioned relatively late, at age 62, remaining, with strong support from key colleagues, in her academic position until her retirement in late 2012. She enjoys an extensive international network of friends, and is actively involved in mentoring, supporting and advocating for trans people.

Kevan Wylie MD FRCP, FRCPsych, FRCOG, FECSM

Kevan is a Consultant in Sexual Medicine, Porterbrook Clinic, Sheffield; Honorary Professor of Sexual Medicine, University of Sheffield; and President at the World Association for Sexual Health. Since 1999, he has worked full time in sexual medicine for the UK National Health Service. He is Clinical Lead at the Porterbrook Clinic (sexual medicine, psychosexual and relationship psychotherapy, and transgender services) and Consultant Lead for andrology (urology) at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Kevan has been a member of several UK and European advisory groups for the assessment and management of the spectrum of sexual and gender issues in women and men. He chaired the UK intercollegiate committee on good practice guidelines for individuals with gender dysphoria issued in 2013 and was a member of the WPATH committee for Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7. In September 2012, Kevan became the president of the World Association for Sexual Health.