About Division 44
APA's division 44, founded in 1985 by a group of pioneering LGB psychologists and their allies, is psychology's focal point for research, practice, and education on the lives and realities of LGBT people. With over 1500 members, Division 44 represents all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and eleven foreign countries on every continent.
Through its various committees and task forces, events, and via the awards and honors given to outstanding contributors, Division 44 enlarges the scope of psychology's understanding of the needs of sexual minority individuals and communities. Division 44 works together with other groups in APA, particularly the Lesbian,Gay and Bisexual Concerns Office of the American Psychological Association, to advance affirmative science, practice, and public policy.
The division has committees on accreditation, bisexuality, professional standards, ethnic and racial issues, public policy and science. The division publishes a newsletter three times a year, as well as a book series with APA, "Contemporary Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Psychology." Division 44 also has a networking listserv for its members and offers eight awards for research and distinguished contributions to lesbian, gay and bisexual psychology, including a new student award on the psychology of bisexuality.
Learn about our organizational structure and how we do business in the following documents.
- Mission and goals - Mission statement
- Bylaws - Division structure
- Policies - Nuts and bolts procedures
- Archives - Historical material
See also
Unification Through Division : Histories of the Divisions of the APA, Volume IV - This volume presents the histories of Divisions 10, 20, 24, 36, 41, 44 and 47. These histories go beyond mere chronological presentations of fact to give a behind-the-scenes look into the defining events of a division's history and the dedicated individuals who shaped them.