Newsflashes
Joint Statement regarding Medical Affirming Treatment including Puberty Blockers for Transgender Adolescents
On December 1, 2020, the London High Court ruled (Bell v. Tavistock) that children are highly unlikely to be able to consent to taking puberty blockers. The board of directors of WPATH, EPATH, USPATH, AsiaPATH, CPATH, AusPATH and PATHA all strongly disagree with the...
4th EPATH Conference Call for Abstracts now open!
EPATH cordially invites researchers and professionals in the field of transgender health to submit an abstract for its fourth conference. The fourth edition of the successful EPATH conference will again centre around the broad spectrum of transgender health. The theme...
Congratulations to all WPATH award recipients!
EPATH congratulates all WPATH award recipients who received an award during the WPATH 2020 Scientific Symposium today, and especially our EPATH board members Griet De Cuypere, who received the WPATH Harry Benjamin Lifetime Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award,...
Mark your calendars!
The EPATH board has decided to postpone the 4th EPATH conference to 11-13 August 2021 due to the current COVID-19 circumstances. As the possibility for networking and interaction are important aspects of the EPATH conferences, the EPATH board prefers hosting a...
USPATH, WPATH and EPATH joint statement on Black Lives Matter – A call to action
USPATH, WPATH and EPATH stand in solidarity with those protesting the violent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, Tony McDade, and many other people of color who lost their lives needlessly from police violence. These names are just a few among countless...
EPATH and ESSM letter to the President of the Hungarian Republic
The European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH) and the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) have written a joint letter to the President of the Hungarian Republic, to express our serious concerns regarding the proposed amendments in the...
Survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trans health and health care
EPATH supports this survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trans health and health care, and invites all trans people to take part in this study. The survey is dedicated to invest how trans people are personally affected by the situation around COVID-19 and...
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We look forward to meet all of you at our 4th conference which will take place in Götenburg from 14-17 April 2021! Stay tuned for our call for abstracts - to be expected in May!
Cancellation of the summer school
It is with sadness that the EPATH board has decided not to move forward with the organisation of the summer school in September 2020 for several reasons. Our priorities have shifted dramatically. The reorganization at work and at home have been challenging for most of...
EPATH summer school 2020
EPATH is happy to announce the first EPATH Summerschool which will take place at Ghent University (Belgium) from 7-9 September 2020. The summerschool is targeted at PhD researchers as well as clinicians working in the field of transgender health, and deals with the...