Jack Drescher (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst known for his work on sexual orientation and gender identity.
He is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists and the International Academy of Sex Research.
"[1] Drescher was one those who spoke out after Robert Spitzer in 2003 published his findings that some gay people can alter their orientation.
[6] Drescher was a member of the American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders.
That working group's recommendation was to rename the diagnoses "Gender Incongruence" and to move the GI diagnoses out of the mental disorders section of ICD into a new chapter called "Conditions Related to Sexual Health".