Friday, May 16

AGLP Welcome Reception

6:00pm to 8:00pm
At the home of Bill Resnick, MD
Registration Required
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Theater Suggestion

7:30pm to 8:45pm
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

Poster Sessions (1)

8:30am to 9:30am
Exhibition Hall

8:00am to 9:30am
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

Museum Outing: Jeffrey Gibson: "the space in which to place me"

11:00am to 12:00pm
Broad Museum (221 S. Grant St, a 15-min subway ride from the convention center)
Adapted from its origination presentation at the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024, where Gibson was the first Indigenous artist to represent the US with a solo exhibition. Gibson identifies as Queer/Gay.
https://www.thebroad.org/art/special-exhibitions/jeffrey-gibson-space-which-place-me
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/12/jeffrey-gibson-venice-biennale-pavilion-broad-los-angeles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkNcVuoYil8
No docent tour. Buy a ticket for the exhibition ($12-15 for special exhibition) on your own.  It is best to buy a ticket a day or more  in advance though there may be same day tickets available.  Wear you APA badge in the exhibit so we know you are part of the meetup.  https://ticketing.thebroad.org/events/5051214b-9e97-aeb0-30bc-6395835990c4?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22439217242&gbraid=0AAAAAojCUC8EvPJE87VwSTTlMW6eeK8qu&gclid=CjwKCAjw24vBBhABEiwANFG7y-xl4QVU9QWyZ9yvjGlaiMx85lCZarOW66AN6qUsKbzepTgZ8IhIdRoCFE8QAvD_BwE.

AGLP Resident Brunch

11:30am to 12:45pm
At the home of Cage Hall, MD
Registration Required
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Symphony Suggestion

2:00pm
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.

3:45pm to 5:15pm
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

3:45pm to 5:15pm, Poster Session 3
Hope for the Hopeless - Lessons in Changing Attitudes Toward Substance Use Disorders That Can Be Learned From Changing Attitudes Toward HIV Treatment
Sarah Elizabeth Kaufman, MD
Exhibition Hall

Trans/Non-Binary Committee Happy Hour

5:30pm
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
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Women's Dinner Outing

7:00pm
Sol-Agave
800 W Olympic Blvd, Suite A130
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 536-5287
Registration/RSVP Required
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Theater Suggestion

7:30pm to 10:00pm
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 Theater 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

Poster Sessions

8:00am to 9:30am
Exhibition Hall

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

10:30am to 12:00pm
Psychiatrists at the Los Angeles Opera’s Ainadamar: Sex, Politics and Garcia Lorca’s Murder"
Howard Rubin, MD Harmanpreet Kaur, MD; 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. 

Poster Sessions

10:30 to 12:00pm
Exhibition Hall

Medical Student Lunch

12:15pm to 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
Available virtually via Zoom. Registration is required. CLICK HERE to register for the meeting. Directions on how to join will be emailed to you.

Opera Suggestion

2:00pm to 3:20pm
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 Fascists. 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.

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

Classical Music Suggestion

7:30pm
Cameron Carpenter is a bisexual organist 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 Exhibition 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 6:30pm, some of us will meet for a bite at the Concert Hall Cafe at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Cafeteria style.

Monday, May 19

8:00am to 9:30am
“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 Member Breakfast

9:00am to 10:30am
Continental breakfast served just before the Trainee Award presentation
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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.
Hospitality Suite: JW Marriott LA Live; Plaza I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Medical Student/Resident Discussion Group

11:30am to 12:30pm
Howard Rubin, MD
Hospitality Suite: JW Marriott LA Live; Plaza I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

AGLP Advocacy Committee Meeting

12:30pm to 1:30pm
Open to all AGLP members
Hospitality Suite: JW Marriott LA Live; Plaza I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Available virtually via Zoom. CLICK HERE to join the meeting.

Black, Brown, and Queer Joy: From Distress and Moral Injury to Mental Health Amazement in the Making
1:30pm to 3:00 pm
Ravi Chandra, M.D. Tiffani Bell, M.D.;M.P.H.; Kevin John Reyes Rivera, M.D.; Pratik P. Bahekar, M.B.B.S.; Jessica Borelli, Ph.D.
Room 405, Convention Center

Poster Sessions

1:30 to 3:00pm
Exhibition Hall

AGLP Cultural Event Museum Outing: Don Barchardy: A Life in Portraits

1:30pm to 3:45pm
The Huntington (1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108)
Barchardy is known for creating portraits of artistic, literary and film personalities including Truman Capote, David Hockney, James Baldwin, and Bette Davis. Barchardy was author Christopher Isherwood's long term partner. (Isherwood wrote the Berlin Stories, which the musical and film Cabaret was based on, as well as the novel, A Single Man, made into a movie starring Colin Firth). https://www.huntington.org/exhibition/don-bachardy-life-portraits. We will rent cars to go to the exhibit. Limited to 10 people. RSVP required to reserve a space in the car. ($20 for car ride, $5 for trainees). Buy tickets for the museum on your own. https://tickets.huntington.org/events/8d090371-b424-ca86-1c65-f9b4526009ff We will meet at 1:30pm at the car rental (the car rental is at Avis, 888 S. Figueroa St - Ste 130, a 10 minute walk from the convention center) to arrive at the museum at 2:00pm. No docent tour. See a documentary about Isherwood and Barchardy called Chris and Don, A Love Story on Amazon Prime $3 and other platforms. https://www.amazon.com/Chris-Don-Love-Story-Bachardy/dp/B0CKNW57WX.
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1:30pm to 3:00pm
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

Movie Screening and Filmmaker Q&A: A Nice Indian Boy

2:30pm to 4:10pm (screening) 4:10pm to 5:00pm (Q&A with the film's director, Roshan Sethi, MD)
AGLP will screen the feature-length romantic comedy A Nice Indian Boy, a heartfelt story about Naveen, a gay Indian American doctor, whose relationship with Jay—a white, adopted artist—challenges cultural expectations and traditions as the couple prepares for a Hindu wedding that defies convention but celebrates love. 

Roshan Sethi, MD, is a radiation oncologist at Harvard Medical School, screenwriter and director. He is the co creator of The Resident and directed 7 Days, and World’s Best.
Feel free to watch the movie on streaming platforms and come to the Q&A at 4:10pm.

On Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, and Google Play.
https://athome.fandango.com/content/browse/details/A-Nice-Indian-Boy/4123607

https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/a-nice-indian-boy/umc.cmc.60d8y5m536zrmy5w0e0epixq8

https://www.amazon.com/Nice-Indian-Boy-Roshan-Sethi/dp/B0DZG5QYYF

https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=RCRisDyrsR8.P&pli=1

Hospitality Suite: JW Marriott LA Live; Plaza I, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015

3:45pm to 5:15pm
The Treatment of Gender 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

Poster Sessions

3:45 to 5:15pm
Exhibition Hall

AGLP VIP Reception

(Invitation Only, Upgrade your membership to a patron category to boost your support of AGLP and receive an invitation)
6:00pm to 7:00pm
The Association, 110 East 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014

AGLP Annual Awards Ceremony and Party

7:00pm to 9:00pm
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 Association, 110 East 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014

This event graciously co-sponsored by:

 

Tuesday, May 20

8:00am to 9:30am
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

AGLP Cultural Event: Getty Museum: Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men

9:45am to 1:30pm
1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049
French painter Caillebotte's interest in male subjects sharply distinguishes him from his Impressionist peers.   Overwhelmingly, he depicted men in his life that often subverted gender norms.  This exhibit originated at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.  The catalogue includes an essay by art professors and couple Andre Dombrowski and Jonathan Katz titled Caillebotte, Painting Naked Men.  
https://www.getty.edu/exhibitions/caillebotte/  
https://www.out.com/art/gustave-caillebottes-impressionist-queer-getty-museum. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5vYPjgT0Uc  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJcUd6GlNk.
We will rent cars to go to the exhibit. We will meet at 9:45am at the car rental (The car rental is at Avis, 888 S. Figueroa St - Ste 130, a 10 minute walk from the convention center) to be early for the 11:30am exhibition  tour  (first come, first served). Limited to 10 people. RSVP required to reserve a space in the car ($25 for car ride, $5 for trainees and for admission ticket  to museum which is free). 
FREE! RSVP is necessary: RSVP NOW!

1:30pm to 3:00pm
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

1:30pm to 3:00pm
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

1:30pm to 3:00pm
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

1:30pm to 3:00pm
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

Polymorphous Perversity in the Art of Thomas Eakins, a 19th-century American Realist Painter
1:30pm to 3:00pm
John Bostwick, MD; Alastair John Stewart McKean, MD
Room 409 AB. Convention Center

AGLP International and BIPOC Reception (All are welcome!)

6:00pm
At the home of Amir Ahuja, MD
Informal gathering for International psychiatrists visiting from other countries, IMG's, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (including Latina/x/o, Asian/PIs) 
Registration Required
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Wednesday, May 21

8:00am to 9:30am
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

1:30pm to 3:00pm
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