Interview with Erica Anderson

An interview with Erica Anderson, a white trans woman and clinical psychologist. At the time of this interview, she was President of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH,) served on the board of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH,) and worked at the Child and Adolescent Gender Center at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF.) In this oral history interview, Anderson discusses the history of trans health care and the evolution of clinical understandings of trans identity, referencing both her personal experiences and the larger trend toward depathologization and informed consent. She offers her thoughts on the history, current state, and future trajectory of trans health care and the professional organizations that set its standards.

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Identifier: pv63g056q
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Anderson, Erica
Contributor(s): Billund-Phibbs, Myra
Beam, Myrl
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Sep. 6, 2019
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH)
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Places: Washington, D.C. > Washington County > Washington
Minnesota
California > Alameda County > Berkeley
Topic(s): Gender affirming surgery
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
Medical care
Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people
Trans women
White transgender people
Resource Type: Moving image
Text
Language: English
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