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"If you look at the criteria, you may be surprised to learn that boys who don't engage in 'rough and tumble play' may have GID. That's an absurd criteria to include at this point in the world." --Arlene Istar Lev, quoted by Todd Melby of AASECT.

References and Further Reading

APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance. [Schneider, M., Chair, Bockting, W.O., Ehrbar, R. D., Lawrence, A.A., Rachlin, K., Zucker, K. J.]. (2008). Report of the Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Available at www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/transgender/2008TaskForceReport.pdf

APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance. [Schneider, M., Chair, Bockting, W.O., Ehrbar, R. D., Lawrence, A.A., Rachlin, K., Zucker, K. J.]. (2006). Answers to Your Questions About Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Available at www.apa.org/topics/transgender.html

Bockting, W.O. and Ehrbar, R.D. (2005) Commentary: DSM Classification of Gender Identity Disorder. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 17 (3/4).

Ehrbar, R. D., Witty, M. C, Ehrbar, H.G. and Bockting, W. O. (2008). Clinician Judgment in Diagnosing Gender Identity Disorder in Children. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. 34(5). 385-412.

Erhardt, V. (2001) "Response to Anne Lawrence and Rebecca Allison on Autogynephilia," Transgender Tapestry Journal, #94, Available, www.virginiaerhardt.com/article2a.html

Hill, D.B. (2005) “Gender Identity Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence A Critical Inquiry ." Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), Karasic, D. and Drescher, J. (Eds.), Haworth Press; co-published in Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, vol. 17 issue 3, pp. 7-34. Available, https://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=CMKDQGTSPHMV8L0Q2BXFT0PGTQCM73R9&TOCName=J056v17n03%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2017%20Issue%3A%203%2F4

Lev, A.I. (2005) “Disordering Gender Identity: Gender Identity Disorder in the. DSM-IV-TR." Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), Karasic, D. and Drescher, J. (Eds.), Haworth Press; co-published in Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, vol. 17 issue 3, pp. 35-69. Available, https://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=CMKDQGTSPHMV8L0Q2BXFT0PGTQCM73R9&TOCName=J056v17n03%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2017%20Issue%3A%203%2F4

Melby, T. (2009) "Creating the DSM-V," Contemporary Sexuality, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, vol. 43 no. 3, March, pp. 1-6, http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aasect/cs_200903/

Winters, K. (2005) “Gender Dissonance: Diagnostic Reform of Gender Identity Disorder for Adults.” Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), Karasic, D. and Drescher, J. (Eds.), Haworth Press; co-published in Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, vol. 17 issue 3, pp. 71-89. Available, https://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=CMKDQGTSPHMV8L0Q2BXFT0PGTQCM73R9&TOCName=J056v17n03%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2017%20Issue%3A%203%2F4

Winters, K. (2008) Essay Series on Gender Diagnoses in the DSM-V. GID Reform Advocates. www.gidreform.org/blog.html

Books Authored by Members of this Group
Gender Madness in American Psychiatry: Essays from the Struggle for Dignity,
Kelley Winters, Ph.D. (2008)
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Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), A Reevaluation ,
Dan Karasic and Jack Drescher, Eds. (2005)
Order from IFGE
Transgender Emergence
Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and Their Families
,
Arlene Istar Lev (2006)
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Becoming a Visible Man,
Jamison Green
(2004)
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Head Over Heels: Wives Who Stay with Cross-Dressers and Transsexuals,
Virginia Erhardt
(2007)
Order from IFGE
Nurturing Queer Youth: Family Therapy Transformed ,
Linda Stone Fish and Rebecca G. Harvey
(2005)
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