Betty Wilson Steiner-Conduit (1920 – February 16, 1994) was a Canadian

Canada

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 psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...

. Steiner was the first head of the Gender Identity Clinic at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry

Clarke Institute of Psychiatry

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is a psychiatric hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Much of their work focuses on forensic psychology, sex addiction, drug addiction, and research designed to shape public policy....

. She is known for her work with transgender

Transgender

Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....

 and intersex

Intersex

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 people.

Life and career

After completing her education in 1958, Steiner was appointed psychiatrist at the Women's College Hospital

Women's College Hospital

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. She then took an appointment at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry.

In 1985 she edited Gender Dysphoria, and in 1990, she co-edited Clinical management of gender identity disorders in children and adults with Ray Blanchard

Ray Blanchard

Ray Milton Blanchard is an American-Canadian sexologist, best known for his research studies on pedophilia, gender dysphoria, and sexual orientation. He has also published research studies on phallometry and several paraphilias, including transvestism and autoerotic asphyxia.-Education and...

.

Steiner-Conduit married marketing executive Andrew Conduit in 1988. She and her husband died of carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning

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after leaving a car running in their garage. Steiner-Conduit was declared dead at the scene; Conduit died ten days later.