University of Toronto, Roosevelt University, & Southern Illinois University
Scientific career
Fields
Sexology
Institutions
University of Toronto
Website
www.kenzuckerphd.com
Kenneth J. Zucker (/ˈkɛnɪθˈdʒeɪˈzʊkər/; born 1950) is an American-Canadian psychologist and sexologist. He was named editor-in-chief of Archives of Sexual Behavior in 2001. He was psychologist-in-chief at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)[1] and head of its Gender Identity Service until December 2015.[2] Zucker is a professor in the departments of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Toronto.
Zucker collaborated with Susan Bradley, collecting clinical and research data over a period of twenty years and became an international authority on gender dysphoria in children (GDC) and adolescents.[3] In 2007, Zucker was chosen to be a member of the American Psychological Association Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions, and in 2008 he was named chair of the American Psychiatric Association workgroup on "Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders" for the 2012 edition of the DSM-5. He previously served on workgroups for the DSM-IV and the DSM-IV-TR.[4][not verified in body]
Zucker's views and therapeutic approach have attracted criticism from several advocates and mental health professionals.[5][6][not verified in body] Citing a review by two adolescent psychiatrists stating that CAMH was out of step with current practices for transgender youth, CAMH fired Zucker and closed the clinic.[7] They later apologized to Zucker and paid him a financial settlement after one of the complaints in the review was found to be false.[8]
^"Dr. Kenneth Zucker". Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
^Ubelacker, Sheryl (December 15, 2015). "CAMH to 'wind down' controversial gender identity clinic services". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
^Awad G.A. (1999). "Gender Identity Disorder and the Psychosexual Problems in Children and Adolescents (review)". American Journal of Psychotherapy. 53 (2): 265–267. doi:10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.265.
^Bradley, Susan; Blanchard, Ray; Coates, Susan; Green, Richard; Levine, Stephen B.; Meyer-Bahlburg, Heino; Pauly, Ira; Zucker, Kenneth (1991). "Interim report of the DSM-IV Subcommittee on Gender Identity Disorders". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 20 (4): 333–343. doi:10.1007/bf01542614. PMID 1953325. S2CID 22048269.
^Morton, Gillian (January 11, 2001). "Drop the doll!". Xtra. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^Winters, Kelley; Temple Newhook, Julia; Pyne, Jake; Feder, Stephen; Jamieson, Ally; Holmes, Cindy; Lynne Sinnott, Mari; Pickett, Sarah; Tosh, Jemma (June 18, 2018). "Learning to Listen to Trans and Gender Diverse Children: A Response to Zucker (2018) and Steensma and Cohen-Kettenis (2018)". International Journal of Transgenderism. 19 (2): 246–250. doi:10.1080/15532739.2018.1471767. S2CID 149606144.
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Kenneth J. Zucker (/ˈkɛnɪθ ˈdʒeɪ ˈzʊkər/; born 1950) is an American-Canadian psychologist and sexologist. He was named editor-in-chief of Archives of...
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declassified as a mental disorder in the DSM-II in 1974.) By contrast, KennethZucker and Robert Spitzer argue that gender identity disorder was included...
gender-conforming behaviors, and punish gender non-conforming behaviors. KennethZucker at CAMH adopted Richard Green's methods, but narrowed the scope to attempting...
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(PAGDWG) alongside older sexological researchers such as Blanchard, KennethZucker, and J. Michael Bailey. The PAGDWG was active between 2018 and 2020...
most cases. A previous inquiry had put the clinic's chief physician, KennethZucker, at odds with other gender dysphoria specialists who provide support...
methodologically flawed paper on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria and retain KennethZucker as the journal's editor. The paper was retracted in June on the grounds...
from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018. "Dr. KennethZucker's War on Transgenders". Queerty. February 6, 2009. Archived from the...
received a negative review from the psychologist KennethZucker in Archives of Sexual Behavior. Zucker wrote that, as in some of his other work, such as...
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