Lorne Warneke
Lorne Warneke | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 16, 1942 Athabasca, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | August 28, 2020 (aged 77) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Alberta ('63 BSc, '67 MD) |
| Years active | ca. 1967- 2017 |
| Spouse |
John Chan (m. 1996) |
Lorne Baird Warneke (November 16, 1942 - August 28, 2020) was an Edmonton-based psychiatrist and advocate for 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada. He founded the first Canadian gender identity clinic at Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.
Life
Warneke was born in Alberta, Canada on November 16, 1942 to John and Ester Warneke.[1][2] The family moved to Leedale, a hamlet in central Alberta, and settled on a farm there for the duration of Warneke's childhood.[1][2]
Although he grew up knowing he was gay, Warneke did not come out until he was in his 40's.[1][2] In 1996, Warneke married John Chan.
Career
During Warneke's training as a psychiatrist, he specialized in working with patients who had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).[1][3][4] Warneke continued to use his expertise of OCD for the duration of his career, writing literature reviews, case studies, book reviews, and letters to the editor on the topic.[5][6][7][8]
Throughout his career, Warneke focused on working with and advocating for transgender patients. In 1984, Alberta Health Services agreed to cover the sex reassignment surgery at Warneke's lobbying.[4][9] Later, in 1996, Warneke founded a gender identity clinic at Gray Nuns Community Hospital, a Catholic hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.[1][4] The gender clinic was the first of its kind in Canada.[9] Due to the hospital's policies and pervasive attitudes at the time, Warneke was unable to advertise the existence of the gender clinic and he faced hostility from many within the organization.[1][4] Additionally, Warneke ensured the next generation of by training Psychiatry Residents while a Clinical Professor in the University of Alberta's Department of Psychiatry.[3][1]
Warneke retired in 2017.[4][1] John Chan, Warneke's husband, noted how difficult the decision to retire was for the psychiatrist as "he really struggled leaving behind all the people who still needed his help."[4] Although Warneke spent much of his retirement enjoying his hobbies, he never stopped advocating for the 2SLGBTQ+ community, contributing various letters and op-eds about topics like conversion therapy to the Edmonton Journal.[1][10]
Research
Honours
In 2017, the University of Alberta presented Warneke with the Distinguished Alumni Award.[9]
Bibliography
Warneke, Lorne B. (1978). Human sexuality and sexual dysfunction.
Warneke, Lorne B, Otto, William, Gill, David M. (1980). Notes in clinical psychiatry.
Warneke, Lorne B, Otto, William, Gill, David M, Knowles, Alan. (1984). Clinical notes in psychiatry (2nd ed.).
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Klingbeil, Cailynn (2020-09-22). "Edmonton pyschiatrist Dr. Lorne Warneke was a pioneer in treating transgender people". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ a b c "Lorne WARNEKE". Edmonton Journal. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ a b "For more than half a century, Dr. Lorne Warneke was Alberta's foremost trans rights advocate and trailblazer". University of Alberta Department of Psychiatry. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ a b c d e f Tintinagalia, Daniella (2022-12-07). "Honouring a half-century career of LGBTQ2S+ advocacy". The Vital Beat. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ Warneke, Lorne B. (Sep 1999). "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Facts, 2nd edition". Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience. 24 (4): 358–359 – via PubMed Central.
- ^ Warneke, Lorne (March 2005). "Letter to the Editor: Whose nightmare?". This Magazine. 38 (5): 2–3 – via Gale in Context: World History.
- ^ Tibbo, Philip; Warneke, Lorne (1999). "Obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia: Epidemic and biologic overlap" (PDF). Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience. 24 (1): 15–24 – via NCBI.
- ^ Warneke, Lorne (December 1989). "Intravenous chlorimipramine therapy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder". Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 34: 853–859 – via SAGE.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Lorne Warneke remembered as pivotal LGBTQ pioneer in Alberta". CBC News. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ Warneke, Lorne (2019-07-11). "Opinion: Alberta must ban debunked practice of conversion therapy". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
Categories: LGBT History in Canada, 2020 deaths, 1942 births, Canadian psychiatrist, Canadian gay men, 20th-century Canadian physicians, 21st-century Canadian physicians, University of Alberta alumni