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History

TRPATH was originally named the International Racial Dysphoria Association (IRDA). It was founded in 2015.

TRPATH was originally named the International Racial Dysphoria Association, after a series of clinical working meetings on racial incongruence convened in North America and Europe. The founding letter of 2015 solicited members from medicine, psychology, law, and the social sciences.

In 2018 the Association was renamed the World Professional Association for Transracial Health to reflect a health mission broader than diagnosis. The name change accompanied a shift from a dysphoria-centered frame to an identity-affirming frame: racial identity is a matter of self-knowledge, and the clinician’s task is to support, not to reconcile a person with assigned race at birth.

  1. 2015

    Founding congress, Chicago

    The International Racial Dysphoria Association (IRDA) is formed by clinicians, attorneys, and scholars following a series of working meetings on racial incongruence.

  2. 2015–2017

    Ersatz Pigmentov, LCSW

    Founding president. Establishes the first Standards of Care drafting committee and the Global Education Institute.

  3. 2017–2019

    Faux Chevalier, PhD

    IRDA is renamed the World Professional Association for Transracial Health to reflect a health mission broader than diagnosis.

  4. 2019–2021

    Rhina Plastia, MD, FACS

    First surgeon-president. Phenotype-affirming surgery is added as a core competency of GEI certification.

  5. 2021–2023

    Melanie Nuance, PsyD

    Pediatric protocols are expanded. The International Journal of Transracial Health launches with four issues per year.

  6. 2023–2025

    Ersatz Pigmentov, LCSW (second term)

    SOC8 revision committee is seated. Regional organizations USTRPATH, ETRPATH, and ATRPATH are chartered.

  7. 2025–present

    Ima Fauxley, PhD, LP

    SOC8 is published. TRPATH issues consecutive statements on passing, TREF rhetoric, and restrictions on race-affirming care.