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Drag queens stormed a psychiatric convention to demand they stop saying gays are sick. I was there.
“You may take this as a declaration of war against you!” Frank Kameny declared.
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Pride in Pictures before 1970: A radical message that eventually goes mainstream
Long before Stonewall, some brave people showed their Pride.
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No homo: How the word ‘homosexual’ faded from use
The history behind the words and phrases used to identify LGBT people is both curious and revealing.
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Stonewall Strong: When ‘gay liberation’ was freedom from fear
The gay activists who converged on Washington on Dec. 15, 1973, were the first group of patients in history to insist that they were not sick.
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Psychiatry group to members: Feel free to diagnose Trump with a mental illness
The American Psychoanalytical Association says members should no longer feel restricted by a rule against commenting on the mental health of public figures.
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Rhode Island bans ex-gay ‘conversion therapy’ torture aimed at LGBT youth
The law bars providers from advertising or engaging in conversion therapy for those under 18.
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How homosexuality stopped being a disease
In 1971, activists stormed into the annual American Psychiatric Association conference and literally declared war. By 1973, the APA had surrendered.
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Narcissism, demagoguery, and modern American politics
Only a few U.S. presidents could be considered in varying degrees as truly great moral and political leaders with soaring intellects who served the people with honesty and integrity.
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Study: Far more men are raped in the military than reported by Pentagon
A new study by the APA suggests that approximately 210,000 military men are sexually assaulted each year.