Organizers
AFFIRM Steering Committee
AFFIRM Committees
PUBLIC EDUCATION: The mission is to inform and appropriately educate on issues related
to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. Chair: Norman Weissberg, Ph.D.
CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS: The mission is to encourage conferences and publications
as vehicles for calling LGBT issues to the attention of mainstream psychology. Chair:
Peter E. Nathan, Ph.D.
MEMBERSHIP: The mission is extend AFFIRM’s membership and influence, both within and
beyond APA, nationally and internationally. Chair: Bernard Kliska, Ph.D.
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: The mission is to encourage research and training in mainstream
psychology to pay greater attention to the LGBT literature. Chair: Margaret Crosbie-Burnett,
Ph.D.
OUTREACH: The mission is extend the AFFIRM concept to other professions (e.g. social
work, psychiatry, teaching, law, nursing, etc.). Chair: David C. Weigle, Ph.D.