As you may or not be aware of, a working board of recommendation has been formed to provide input for changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the resulting changes will be included in the new version (DSM-V). The already tenuous definitions for Gender Identity Disorder are in great jeopardy, with the appointment to the Sexual Behavior and Gender Disorders component of this, with the likes of Dr. Ray Blanchard, Dr. Kenneth Zucker, with such people as Alice Dreger as "advisors". We have formed a coaliton of Transgender and allied voices to help mitigate the far reaching and damaging influence of members of the Psychotherapeutic community who have shown an obvious disregard for the diversity, dignity and identity of Intersex/Trans-children and adults who are transitioning genders or who have done so, to include Hormone Replacement Therapy and Gender Reassignment Surgery. The removal of GID from the DSM is an ultimate goal.

The above individuals believe that individual Gender ID (to include Transsexuality and Intersex conditions as "disorders") is nothing more than systems and workings of paraphillia, deviancy, a “delusion of sexual identity”, even more specifically: either all Transsexual/Transgendered individuals are either an extreme form of “Homosexuality” (including the shaky theory of “Early Homosexual-Transsexual” dichotomy), Autogynephilia (a male paraphilic tendency to be sexually aroused by the thought or image of himself as a woman) advocated by Ann Lawrence. A misguided DSM-V release by the people mentioned above, will prove to be disastrous for thousands of Trans individuals desperately seeking corrective treatment.

As a coalition of scientists, professionals and activists, we’re in need of your help, participation and action to make the American Psychiatry Association reconsider these appointments. And educate the American Psychological Association, media and public about Gender Identity.