APA News on SOGI Issues
- APA advocacy on SOGI–related issues
Opposed sharing psychotherapy notes with ICE and religious discrimination in care
- A growing number of states ban sexual orientation change efforts
Twenty states have now passed laws banning “conversion therapy;” psychologists continue to battle other efforts that seek to undermine LGBTQ rights.
APA Convention Presentations
- Addressing sexual violence within the LGBTQ+ community through Define it! and The Resistance Lab
Paper presented at APA 2019 by Claire Siepser, Natania Lipp, and Nicole L. Johnson
- Ethical radicals: Advocates and activists in LGBTQ+ policy
Upcoming discussion session at APA’s 2020 annual convention
APA Council Report
- Council passes resolutions reaffirming, updating some past policies
Reiterating positions on violent video games and climate change.
Honoring Our History
- From the newsletter 10, 20 and 30 years ago
A glance back at the history of Div.44
Announcements
- New book: Men and violence
Reviewer needed
- 2021 Ralph Roughton Paper Award
Cash prize of $1000 for unpublished paper
- Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Fund of the American Psychological Foundation
$9,000 grant available
- LGBT health program at George Washington University wins GLMA Achievement Award, announces federal student loan eligibility
Program designated as a Gainful Employment academic program by the U.S. Department of Education, making program students eligible for federally guaranteed student loans, effective in the fall of 2019.
Committee Reports
- Membership committee update
Reaching out to former members to rejoin Div. 44
- Consensual Non-monogamy (CNM) Task Force
The CNM Task Force is a diverse team of over 80 researchers, clinicians and educators who are working on a range of initiatives that mirror the values of Div. 44.
Book Review
- Sex, sexuality and trans identities: Clinical guidance for psychotherapists and counselors
Niemira, J. C., Jacobson, G. J., & Violeta, K. J. (2020). Sex, sexuality, and trans identities: Clinical guidance for psychotherapists and counselors. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 300pp.