Walter Bockting, PhD

Professor
Program in Human Sexuality

Expertise

Gender identity, transgender health, HIV prevention

Education

PhD, Vrije Universiteit

Bio

Bockting is coordinator of of transgender health services at the Program in Human Sexuality. His research interests include transgender and transsexual health, intersexuality, gender identity development, and sexuality and the Internet. He has published a number of scientific articles and edited five books, most recently Guidelines for Transgender Care. His research has been funded by AmFAR, the Minnesota Department of Health, and NIH. Bockting is a fellow and past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and past president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Contact Information

180 West Bank Office Building
1300 South 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-625-1500
bockt001@umn.edu

Current Grants

2011-13, NIH, co-investigator, “Project SHAKTI: Stigma Reduction, Health Care Provider Awareness and Knowledge”

2011-13, NIH, co-investigator, “Injection Practices and HIV Risk Among Transgendered Persons in Puerto Rico, R21”

2007-12, NICHD, PI, “Gender Identity and HIV Risk II”

Recent Publications

Zamboni BD, Robinson BE, Bockting WO. HIV status and coming out among African-American gay/bisexual men. Journal of Bisexuality. 2011;11(1):74-84.

Bockting WO. Sex reassignment surgery. In: Block A, Sarwer D, eds. Presurgical Psychological Screening: Understanding Patients, Improving Outcomes. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association; 2011.

Nuttbrock L, Bockting W, Rosenblum A, Mason M, Hwahng S. Sexual arousal associated with private as compared to public feminine dressing among male-to-female transgender persons: A further response to Lawrence (2011). Arch Sex Behav. 2011;40:1093-1096.

Nuttbrock L, Bockting W, Mason M, Hwahng S, Rosenblum R, Macri M, et al. A further assessment of Blanchard’s typology of homosexual versus non-homosexual or autogynephilic gender dysphoria. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2011;40(2):247-257.

Iantaffi A, Bockting WO. Views from both sides of the bridge? Gender, sexual legitimacy and transgender people's experiences of relationships. Culture, Health, & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care. 2011;13(3):355-70.