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Foreword - Kate Bornstein & Barbara Carralles, Symposium Plenary Presenters; Preface - Bob Najjar, LCSW & Joanne Spina, LCSW, Co-Directors, Psychotherapy Center for Gender and Sexuality; Preface - Ron Taffel, PhD, Chair of the Board of Directors, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Introduction - Gary J. Jacobson, LCSW, Jan C. Niemira, LCSW, & Karalyn J. Violeta, LCSW; 1. The Evolution of Sexuality During Gender Transition - Kelly Wise, PhD, LCSW, CST & Dulcinea Pitagora, PhD, MA, MEd, CST; 2. Living in this Disembodied Body: Navigating the Treatment of Eating Disorders in the Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Community - Jessica Kosciewicz MS, RD; Asher Pandjiris, MA, LCSW; Andrew Zarate, RD; 3. Hormones and Handcuffs: The Intersection of Transgender Identities, BDSM, and Polyamory - Laura A. Jacobs, LCSW; 4. Two Middle-Aged, White, Jewish, Cisgender Lesbians Sitting Around Talking About Trans Sex - Jane Fleishman, PhD & Julie Mencher, MSW; 5. The Intersection of Gender Diversity and Asexuality: Psychotherapy with TGNC Individuals Who Identify as Ace - Katherine Rachlin, PhD; 6. The Pervert on your Couch: Psychoanalysis and Trans/Sexual Health - Tobias B.D. Wiggins; 7. Integration of Desire, Sexual Orientation, and Female Embodiment of a Transgender Woman Previously Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Report - Karalyn Violeta, LCSW & SJ Langer, LCSW; 8. Interviews with Partners of Transgender People: On Sex and Intimacy - D.M. Maynard, MA, MSSAS & Olivia Fischer, BKIN; 9. Sexual Identity and Behavior in Trans Intellectually Disabled People: What Do We Know? - Andrew Triska, LMSW; 10. Plenary Panel: Supporting Sexuality Across the Gender Spectrum - SJ Langer, LCSW, Ronica Mukerjee, DNP, FNP-BC, MsA, LAc, AAHIVS; Gail Knudsen, MD, Mister Cris