�The American Psychological Association urged psychologists today to take a leading role in ending discrimination based on grammatical gender identity, career upon the profession to provide "reserve, nondiscriminatory handling to all transgender and gender-variant individuals" and encouraging more research into all aspects of gender identity element and expression.
The action came at APA's Annual Convention when the association's governing Council of Representatives adopted a resolution supporting full equality for transgender and gender-variant people. The resolution also calls on APA to:
musical accompaniment legal and social realization of transgender individuals consistent with their gender personal identity and formulation;
support the provision of adequate and medically necessary treatment for transgender and gender-variant people;
recognize the benefit and necessity of gender modulation treatments for appropriately evaluated individuals;
squall on public and private insurers to cover these treatments.
In addition to adopting the wide-ranging resolution, the Council of Representatives received a report by APA's Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance. The six-member task force washed-out more than two geezerhood reviewing the scientific literature, as well as APA policies regarding transgender issues. It was also charged with development recommendations for education, professional training and further research into transgenderism, and proposing how APA can best meet the needs of psychologists and students world Health Organization identify as transgender or gender-variant.
Noting that transgender people, their families, friends and employers ar increasingly turning to psychologists for assist, "this course underscores the need for psychologists to acquire greater knowledge and competence in addressing transgendered issues," the report states.
Among the report's recommendations:
APA should encourage training programs and graduate internships to welcome and support transgendered and gender-variant people;
APA should develop separate practice guidelines for transgender clients;
APA should encourage more research into gender indistinguishability and expression, including the reliability and validity of diagnostic criteria for gender identity disorders;
APA should advocate for antidiscrimination protection for transgender people in jurisdictions that lack such laws.
With regard to research, the task force listed a series of recommended areas of focal point, including social stigma and public attitudes toward sex identity; identity development, including prospective studies of children and adolescents; the process and event of transgender-specific health care; and the variables associated with the efficacy of sex reassignment.
As a direct result of the task force's work, APA added gender identity element to its nondiscrimination policy earlier this year. This builds upon prior adoption of grammatical gender identity nondiscrimination language in APA's bylaws, Code of Ethics and its Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Professional Programs in Psychology.
In addition, the task force highly-developed a pamphlet, Answers to Your Questions about Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity (http://www.apa.org/topics/transgender.html), which APA promulgated in 2006 and has made available on its Web site.
The task personnel recommended that APA read no stead with respect to the diagnosis of gender identity operator disorder, which is sometimes required for transgender clients to obtain needed upkeep. "Psychologists wHO work with clients with gender identity issues are not of one mind on this issue," task force members wrote. They noted that the psychiatric profession publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which contains GID, "and hence revision is their responsibility."
The report noted that APA has previously adopted resolutions discouraging psychologists from using diagnoses that are potentially harmful or discriminatory. "Accordingly, if thither were evidence showing the GID diagnosing to be similarly harmful and discriminative against gender-variant, transgender or transsexual people, there would be a precedent for a resolution discouraging psychologists from using this diagnosing," the task force wrote. "However � there is a outstanding deal of disagreement about the GID diagnosis and whether it is helpful or harmful; therefore, the Task Force does not recommend that APA take a lieu on GID at this time."
It is APA's situation that no psychological upset should be stigmatized or used as the basis for discrimination.
Task force members:
Chair: Margaret Schneider, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada;
Walter O. Bockting, PhD, University of Minnesota Medical School;
Randall D. Ehrbar, PsyD; New Leaf Services Our Community, San Francisco;
Anne A. Lawrence, MD, PhD, Seattle; Katherine Rachlin, PhD, New York;
Kenneth J. Zucker, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
Full text of the chore force report is uncommitted from the APA Public Affairs Office and at http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/transgender/2008TaskForceReport.pdf. The resolution is at http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/policy/transgender.pdf.
The American Psychological Association (APA), based in Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 148,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to pass on psychology as a skill, as a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare.
Source: Kim I. Mills
American Psychological Association
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Saturday 16 August 2008
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Thursday 7 August 2008
Snoop Dogg - Snoop Doggs Attorney Clears Up Tour Bus Incident
LATEST: SNOOP DOGG's lawyer has hit back at reports the rapper's circuit bus was stopped by police in Texas for expired tags, insisting all registration documents were in order.
The Drop It Like It's Hot hitmaker's vehicle was pulled over by state troopers in Dallas on Thursday (31Jul08) for what they thought to be a traffic violation.
Two members of Snoop's retinue were by and by arrested for marijuana monomania following a search of the bus. The hip-hop star was not arrested.
However, his lawyer has now spoken out in a bid to clear up inaccurate reports of the incident.
Lawyer Chris Lewis tells AllHipHop.com, "Snoop Dogg and the circle appreciate the professionalism displayed by the Texas troopers (Thursday) afternoon.
"The tour coach was stopped for what was thought to be expired tags. Upon further investigation, it was set the autobus was electric current on its registration and was finally allowed to continue to Snoop Dogg's show in Dallas."
And Lewis is confident the two hands who had been taken into detainment will be let cancelled lightly.
He adds, "The supposed offense, a Class B misdemeanour, was listed as less than two ounces of ganja. The thomas Young men arrested don't appear to get prior criminal records. I expect that once everything has run its form, there will be a favourable resolution to this case.
"The procedure stop was otherwise uneventful. Later in the evening, Snoop Dogg and the band amused a expectant crowd in Dallas as they performed with 311 as part of the Unity Tour."
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Friday 27 June 2008
Masada
Artist: Masada
Genre(s):
Easy Listening
Pop
Other
Jazz
Avantgarde
Discography:
At The Mountains of Madness (CD2)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 7
At The Mountains of Madness (CD1)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 8
50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 7
Year: 2004
Tracks: 8
50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 6
Year: 2004
Tracks: 7
Live At Tonic CD 2
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Live At Tonic CD 1
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Masada, Vol. 7: Zayin
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Masada, Vol. 5: Hei
Year: 1999
Tracks: 9
Masada, Vol. 4: Dalet
Year: 1999
Tracks: 3
Masada, Vol. 3: Gimel
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Masada, Vol. 2: Beit
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Masada, Vol. 1: Alef
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Live In Taipei
Year: 1999
Tracks: 19
Live In Middelheim
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Masada, Vol. 10: Yod
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Live In N.Y.
Year: 1997
Tracks: 4
Masada, Vol. 9: Tet
Year:
Tracks: 10
Masada, Vol. 8: Het
Year:
Tracks: 10
Masada, Vol. 6: Vav
Year:
Tracks: 9
Live in Sevilla
Year:
Tracks: 9
Live In Jerusalem (CD2)
Year:
Tracks: 9
Live In Jerusalem (CD1)
Year:
Tracks: 9
Live In Belgium
Year:
Tracks: 12
Celebs aren't public property - Theron
Tuesday 24 June 2008
Arab Strap
Artist: Arab Strap
Genre(s):
Indie
Rock
Electronic
Rock: Electronic
Discography:
The Last Romance (U.S. Advance)
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
The Last Romance
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Mad For Sadness
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
The Cunted Circus
Year: 2003
Tracks: 17
Monday at the Hug and Pint
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
The Week Never Starts Round Here
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
Turbulence
Year: 2001
Tracks: 3
The Red Thread
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Love Detective
Year: 2001
Tracks: 3
Fukd Id #2
Year: 2000
Tracks: 2
Elephant Shoe
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Singles By Arab Strap
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Cherubs
Year: 1999
Tracks: 4
Philophobia
Year: 1998
Tracks: 13
Here We Go and Trippy EP
Year: 1998
Tracks: 2
(Afternoon) Soaps
Year: 1998
Tracks: 3
Singles
Year:
Tracks: 10
The Scottish post-folk couple Arab Strap were formed in mid-1995 by vocalist Aidan Moffat and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton, longtime friends wHO subsequently days of exchanging cassettes of their several bands distinct to in the end start collaborating together. Upon sign language to the hip Chemikal Underground label, they issued their debut individual, the utter and low "The First Big Weekend"; the song was a major critical pip, with Britain's Radio One declaring it the best record of the decade. In late 1996, Arab Strap issued their full-length debut, The Week Never Starts Round Here, followed a year afterward by the EP The Girls of Summer. In 1998, after marking a hit with their remix of David Holmes' "Don't Die Just Yet," Arab Strap issued their second LP, Philophobia. Elephant Shoe (2000), The Red Thread (2001), Monday at the Hug and Pint (2003), and The Last Romance (2005) followed. The band felt it had "run its course" by fall 2006, as an official promulgation was made of their disbandment. They issued the farewell, quasi-greatest-hits digest Ten Years of Tears that November and embarked on a concluding U.K. tour before career it a day.
Monday 9 June 2008
A STIFF indie alternative to SIFF
If you're not too SIFF-ed out this weekend, consider getting STIFF-ed. Seattle's True Independent Film Festival gets under way today and continues through June 15 with 138 feature-length and short films, as well as live music and comedy. A number of locally made films will be showcased at the festival, which takes place at the Jewel Box Theatre at the Rendezvous, Central Cinema and Capitol Hill Arts Center. Single-ticket prices vary; the best deal is to get a $50 all-festival pass. View the full schedule and buy tickets/passes at stiff.bside.com/2008/schedule. (You can also find a full preview of the event at www.seattletimes.com/movies.)
Starting Sunday, Northwest Film Forum presents a 35th anniversary screening of "Wattstax," Mel Stuart's 1973 concert film documenting the evening known as "the Woodstock of black America," in which artists of the recording label Stax Records came together to commemorate the 1965 Watts riots. Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, the Emotions and Richard Pryor (doing comedy monologues) are among the performers. Also screening Sunday through Thursday is "Respect Yourself — The Stax Records Story," Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon's documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Memphis soul label. NW Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle; for more information, see www.nwfilmforum.org or call 206-267-5380.
Never mind the gloomy weather; SAM has a film series in store this summer that should chase anyone's blues away. "Screwball Summer: American Comedy Film Classics" begins with the sublime 1936 William Powell/Carole Lombard comedy "My Man Godfrey" on July 10. (Formerly husband and wife, Powell and Lombard have a dippy on-screen chemistry that's a joy to watch.) Five more films follow on subsequent Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., including two Cary Grant classics ("The Awful Truth," "The Talk of the Town"). Series passes are on sale through the SAM box office at 206-654-3121: $39 for six films ($35 for SAM members). Go and giggle.
Film collector Dennis Nyback is bringing his vast archives to the Grand Illusion this week for the Zero to MTV Music Festival, a week of short music films. The festival includes 14 themed programs, including a history of musical short films from 1914 to 1984; the 1965 Rolling Stones concert documentary "Charlie Is My Darling"; and compilations titled "Hillbillies in Hollywood," "Jazz in the 1920s," "Boogie Woogie Boogie Woogie Boogie Woogie," "The High Lonesome Sound" (films by John Cohen featuring backwoods musicians), "Harlem in the Thirties" and more. Nyback will host the event, which takes place at 7 and 9 nightly through Thursday. 1403 N.E. 50th St., Seattle; for more details, see www.grandillusioncinema.org or call 206-523-3935.
Moira Macdonald: 206-464-2725 or mmacdonald@seattletimes.com
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Sunday 1 June 2008
Holly Hunter - Hunter Honoured With Hollywood Star
Oscar-winning actress HOLLY HUNTER will be honoured on Friday (30May08) with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 50-year-old will unveil her star in a ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard to mark her long career as a movie and TV actress.
Longterm pal Steven Spielberg - who directed Hunter in 1989 movie Always - and his wife Kate Capshaw have paid tribute to the actress, with a full-page ad in Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety that reads, "We are so proud of you and your 'fierce heat of living'."
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