i have two uncles that are gay so it just seem kinda normal to me, but i guess not too long ago, being gay was officially considered to be a mental problem.
this is a really interesting radio story from the radio program This American Life. its the story about how homosexually was changed from being a mental health problem to being a normal.
this is a really interesting radio story from the radio program This American Life. its the story about how homosexually was changed from being a mental health problem to being a normal.
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declared that homosexuality was not a disease simply by changing the 81-word definition of sexual deviance in its own reference manual. It was a change that attracted a lot of attention at the time, but the story of what led up to that change is one that we hear today, from reporter Alix Spiegel. Part one of Alix's story details the activities of a closeted group of gay psychiatrists within the APA who met in secret and called themselves the GAYPA...and another, even more secret group of gay psychiatrists among the political echelons of the APA. Alix's own grandfather was among these psychiatrists, and the president-elect of the APA at the time of the change. (24 minutes) health care/medicine sexuality