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AGLP and APA Annual Meeting 2025

Los Angeles, CA, May 17-21, 2025

AGLP and APA Schedule of events, edited by Roy Harker, and Gene Nakajima, MD

AGLP Local Arrangements Committee is hard at work developing the best convention experience ever. Stay tuned for announcements and schedule updates.

Friday, May 16

AGLP Welcome Reception

6:00pm to 8:00pm
At the home of Bill Resnick, MD
Registration Required
REGISTER NOW!

 

Saturday, May 17

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
HIV Psychiatry – Essential Clinical Updates 
Chair: Luis Filipe Gomes Pereira, MD  Jordi Blanch, PhD, MD   John Wells, MD Kenneth Bryan Ashley, MD
Room 410, Convention Center

AGLP Resident Brunch

11:30am to 12:45pm
At the home of Cage Hall
Registration Required
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3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Physicians with Lived Experience: The Ripple Effect of Sharing Their Stories
Chair: Michael Myers, MD   Jessica Gold, MD, MS   Chase Anderson, MD, MS   DEVIKA BHUSHAN, MD
The third speaker Chase Anderson, MD, MS  is black and queer and lives with a history of depression and anxiety.  He will speak about how being open about his mental health has changed his life. 
Room 410, Convention Center

3:45 PM to 5:15 PM
Hope for the Hopeless - Lessons in Changing Attitudes Toward Subastance Use Disorders That Can Be Learned From Changing Attitues Toward HIV Treatment
Sarah Elizabeth Kaurman, MD

Trans/Non-Binary Committee Happy Hour

5:30 PM
Bar Magnolia in the Hotel Figueroa
939 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90015
Sarah Noble, DO (she/they) is your host.
Registration/RSVP Required
REGISTER NOW!

Women's Dinner Outing

7:00 PM
Sol-Agave
800 W Olympic Blvd, Suite A130
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 536-5287
Registration/RSVP Required
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Sunday, May 18

AGLP Annual Board and Council Meeting

9:00am to 12:30pm
JW Marriott LA Live; Atrium II, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

 

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Psychiatrists at the Los Angeles Opera’s Ainadamar: Sex, Politics and Garcia Lorca’s Murder"
Howard Rubin, MD Harmanpreet Kaur, MD Philip Candilis, MD Chair, Gene Nakajima, MD.
Room 406A, Convention Center
A discussion about Ainadamar, an opera that The Los Angeles Opera is performing from 2pm-3:20pm.  It is about poet Garcia Lorca’s murder by the fascists for his left wing politics and his homosexuality.  Buy tickets at  www.laopera.org

Medical Student Lunch

12:15pm – 1:15pm
Cow Cafe, 342 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Join fellow medical students for a casual lunch during the APA Annual Meeting. All are welcome!
Please email cyi@som.umaryland.edu to RSVP so we can include you in the headcount.

AGLP/APA Caucus Annual Membership Meeting

1:30pm to 3:30pm
JW Marriott LA Live; Atrium I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

 

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Intimate Partner Violence: A Conversation with Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis
Chair: Amir Ahuja, MD.
Room 511 ABC, Convention Center


Monday, May 19

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
“An Unselfish Satisfaction”: The John Fryer Award Lecture
Chair: Christopher A. McIntosh, MD
The Fryer Award honors an individual whose work has contributed to the mental health of sexual minorities.   The Award is funded by AGLP members.
Dr. McIntosh was Editor in Chief of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health for 10 years.  He will explore the history of the scientific study of the LGBTQ+ community.  
Room 502 B, Convention Center

AGLP Hospitality Suite

9:00am to 5:00pm
JW Marriott LA Live; Plaza I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

AGLP JGLMH Trainee Paper Award Presentation

10:00am to 11:30pm
Rahul Nachnani, Ph.D, is the 2025 winner of the AGLP Outstanding Trainee Paper Award for the Journal Gay and Lesbian Mental Health.
Breakfast will be served.
Hospitality Suite: JW Marriott LA Live; Plaza I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

AGLP Advocacy Committee Meeting

12:00noon to 1:00pm
Open to all AGLP members
Hospitality Suite: JW Marriott LA Live; Plaza I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
The New Four a’s: Asexuality Agender and Aromantic Presentations in the Autism Spectrum
Chair: Sarah C. Noble, D.O. Caroline Yi, B.S. Court Kusler, MD Samantha Hayes, M.D.
Room 402 A, Convention Center

 

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
The Treament of Dender Dysphoric Youth: Historical, Clinical and Political Perspectives
Presenter: Jack Drescher, M.D.,  Presenter: Scott Leibowitz, MD,  Presenter: Brad Sears
Room 402A, Los Angeles Convention Center

AGLP VIP Reception

(Invitation Only, Upgrade your membership to a patron category to boost your support of AGLP and receive an invitation)
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
The Queensbury; 819 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017

AGLP Annual Awards Ceremony and Party

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Our main event of the year. Socialize with old friends and make new ones.
This year honoring Sarah Noble, DO, The Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center, Greg Louganis, and Vickie Mays, PhD and Susan Cochran, PhD
The Queensbury; 819 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017

 

Tuesday, May 20

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Should Gender Dysphoria Be in the APA Nomenclature?
Chair: Kevin John Reyes Rivera, MD   Lana Irons, MD   Fiona Fonseca, MBBCh, MS   Colt St. Amand, MD PhD
Room 406 B, Convention Center


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Finding Mentorship: From Colleagues to Formal Arrangements
Chair: Jack Drescher, M.D.   Ahmad Hameed, MD
This presentation describes the ad hoc experiences of a boomer gay psychiatrist who offers some suggestions for increasing mentorship for early career psychiatrists. 
Room 404 B, Convention Center


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
 More Than Sexual Side Effect Management: Integrating Biomedical Prevention for HIV and Stis for Sexual Health Promotion in Psychiatric Practice
Chair: Samuel R Bunting, M.D.   Aniruddha Hazra, MD
Room 406 B, Convention Center


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Going Beyond Cultural Competency: Promoting LGBTQI+ Wellness Through Responsiveness to Intersecting Identities
Chair: Pratik P. Bahekar, M.B.B.S.   Katharine Dalke, M.D.   Sarah C. Noble, D.O.
Room 518, Convention Center


8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Beyond Labels and Flags: Introducing Dynamic Work by LGBT-Affirming Psychiatrists
Chair: Gregory Gabrellas, M.D.;M.A.   Sien Rivera, M.D.   Nathan Ha, M.D.;Ph.D.   Ali Haidar, M.D.
Room 402 B, Convention Center


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Promoting Mental and Physical Well-Being in Survivors of Male Sexual Trauma: Addressing Stigma and Institutional Barriers
Chair: Dhruv R. Gupta, MD, MS   Saranyan Senthelal, MD   Obiora Nnaji, MD  Discussant: Michelle Joy, MD
Room 512, Convention Center

AGLP BIPOC Reception

6:00pm
At the home of Amir Ahuja, MD
Registration Required
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AGLP-Recomended Performance Arts in Los Angeles

Friday, May 16 
7:30pm to 8:45pm. Theater Suggestion.  Furlough's Paradise follows two cousins, one of whom is on a three-day release from prison, as the pair attend a funeral in their childhood town.  Playwright a.k. payne (she/they)  engages Black lives.   Geffen Playhouse, Westwood. https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/furloughs-paradise/. discount tickets https://www.todaytix.com/los-angeles/shows/43310-furloughs-paradise

Saturday, May 17
2:00pm- Symphony Suggestion. LA Philharmonic, Black Queer Cellist Seth Parker Woods premieres Julia Adolpe's Chrysalis.  Gay composer Ravel fills out the program. https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/3130/2025-05-16/ravel-adolphe. Walt Disney Concert Hall is an acoustic and architectural (Frank Gehry designed)  wonder.  Self guided tours available.  15 min by subway from the AGLP hotel.  Before the performance at 1:00pm, some of us will meet for a bite at the Concert Hall Cafe at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Cafeteria style.  

7:30pm to 10:00pm. Theater Suggestion. A Man of No Importance is a musical by gay composer Stephen Flaherty and gay playwright Terrence McNally, based on the 1994 film, A Man of No Importance. It tells the story of an amateur theatre group in Dublin in 1964  and their leader, a closeted bus conductor  who is determined to stage Oscar Wilde's  Salome at his church, despite the objections of church authorities.   A Noise Within in Pasadena 50 min by subway  https://www.anoisewithin.org/play/a-man-of-no-importance/   Discount https://www.todaytix.com/los-angeles/shows/41584-a-man-of-no-importance

Sunday, May 18 
2:00pm-3:20pm Opera Suggestion. Ainadamar  by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov, to a libretto by American playwright David Henry Hwang, tells the story of the famous Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca and his muse, the lesbian actress Margarita Xirgu, their opposition to the Falange, accusations of homosexuality against the playwright, and events leading to his execution by the Facists.  This production is infused by Flamenco dance.   LA opera is  15 min by subway. https://www.laopera.org/performances/2025/ainadamar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUJvrICyFVQ.   Before the performance, some of us will meet for a bite at the Concert Hall Cafe at Walt Disney Concert Hall, which is across the street from the Opera House. Cafeteria style.  

7:30pm-  Classical Music Suggestion. Cameron Carpenter is a bisexual organist infused with camp sensibilities.  He plays a Frank Gehry-designed organ at Walt Disney Concert Hall, 15 min by subway.  His performance includes a transcription of gay composer Mussorsky's Pictures at an Exhibiton  https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/3135/2025-05-18/cameron-carpenter discount tickets https://www.todaytix.com/los-angeles/shows/42522-cameron-carpenter. Before the performance at 630p , some of us will meet for a bite at the Concert Hall Cafe at Walt Disney Concert Hall.  Cafeteria style.

 

 

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