Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists

History

Activities

• Publishing a quarterly newsletter and the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy
• Seminars and discussion groups concurrent with the annual meeting of the APA
• Working within the APA on behalf of the LGBT community
• Collaborating with other organizations of LGBT physicians and other minority and advocacy groups
• Referral services for LGBT patients
• Assisting medical students and residents in their professional development
• Encouraging and facilitating the presentation of programs and publications relevant to LGBT concerns at professional meetings.

Achievements

• In 1978, the Caucus successfully petitioned the APA to create a task force on lesbian and gay issues. That task force has since been elevated to a full standing committee in the APA.
• Since 1982, the organization has been recognized as a representative in the Assembly of the APA, speaking directly on matters of special concern to lesbian and gay members of the APA.
• In 1983, the Caucus successfully petitioned the APA to create a task force on psychiatric aspects of AIDS, which ultimately led to the 1984 publication of two important APA volumes: Innovations in Psychotherapy with Homosexuals and Psychiatric Implications of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. In 1988, that task force was elevated to a full standing committee in the APA.
• The AGLP was influential in the APA's removal of "Ego-Dystonic Homosexuality" from the revised DSM-III.

  Presidents

• Amir Ahuja, M.D.
• Howard Rubin, M.D.
• Eric Yarbrough, M.D.
• Kenneth Ashley, M.D.
• Ubaldo Leli, M.D.
• Dan Karasic, M.D.
• Mary Barber, M.D.
• Philip A. Bialer, M.D.
• Daniel W. Hicks, M.D.
• David L. Scasta, M.D.
• Margery Sved, M.D.
• Marshal Forstein, M.D.
• Peggy Hackenbruck, M.D.
• Norman B. Hartstein, M.D.
• Robert Cabaj, M.D.
• Terry Stein, M.D.
• David Kessler, M.D.
• James Krajeski, M.D.
• Stuart Nichols, M.D.
• Frank Rundle, M.D