Digital Transgender Archive
Interview with Dr. Walter Bockting
Dr. Walter Bockting is Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University. In this interview, Dr. Bockting narrates a history of the evolution of medical transitional care from his perspective as a clinician and researcher. For 20 years, Dr. Bockting worked as the Coordinator of Transgender Health Services at the University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality. Along with Dr. Eli Coleman, Bockting was responsible for transforming the Harry Benjamin Association into the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH), where he served as President. Under his leadership, WPATH revised their standards of care to be more open to gender diversity and gender non-conformity. Bockting’s current research is on the long-term and developmental effects of puberty suppression treatment on transgender youth. This interview sheds light on important shifts in the history of transgender clinical care and the future of transgender health.
Item Actions
- Identifier
- 6h440s64h
- Collection
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Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
- Institution
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Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
- Creator(s)
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Bockting, Walter
Jenkins, Andrea
- Publisher
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University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
- Date Created
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May 12, 2016
- Genre
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Oral Histories
Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Anton Verschoor
Columbia University
Eli Coleman
Harry Benjamin Association
Program for the Study of LGBT Health
University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality
Walter Bockting
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
- Places
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Netherlands
- Topic(s)
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Gender realignment surgery
Hormone therapy
Patients
Psychology
Puberty blockers
Research
Transitioning (Gender)
- Resource Type
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Moving image
Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/search?facets%5Bcollection_name_s%5D%5B%5D=Transgender+Oral+History+Project&q=transgender
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