Kelley Winters, Ph.D., formerly under pen-name Katherine Wilson, is a writer on issues of transgender medical policy, founder of GID Reform Advocates and an Advisory Board Member for the Matthew Shepard Foundation. She has presented papers on the psychiatric classification of gender diversity at the annual conventions of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Counseling Association and the Association of Women in Psychology. Her articles have appeared in Psychiatry On-Line, the Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, and the books, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Sex and Gender, edited by Elizabeth Paul (2001) and Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), A Reevaluation , edited by Dan Karasic and Jack Drescher (2005).

Contact:
--Kelley Winters, Ph.D. kelley@gidreform.org
--GID Reform Advocates www.gidreform.org
Further Reading:
--Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), A Reevaluation , Ed., Dan Karasic, MD, and Jack Drescher, MD. (2005), Order from IFGE at http://www.ifge.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=1505.
--The Last Time I Wore a Dress, Dylan Scholinski (1998). http://www.amazon.com/Last-Time-I-Wore-Dress/dp/1573226963
Announcements:
--Colorado Gold Rush, Feb 21-24, Denver CO, www.cologoldrush.org
--Matthew Shepard Foundation, Bear to Make a Difference Gala, Mar 29, Denver CO, www.matthewshepard.org
--Philadelphia Transgender Health Conference, Philly PA, May 29-31, http://www.trans-health.org/
What Can You Do?
Are you an Advocate for Psychiatric Policy Reform? Please add your voice to the GID Reform Advocates page (http://www.gidreform.org/advocate.html). We would love to hear from individuals and organizations who support reform of the current psychiatric categories of "gender identity disorder" and "transvestic fetishism."