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A doctor diagnosed this Michigan mom with “ego-dystonic lesbianism”
The doctor thought Tatiana Arena-Villareal’s sexuality was a medical problem. In 2021.
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Five years ago, love won. Here’s how research helped make that progress possible.
One of the key elements to winning marriage equality was UCLA psychologist Evelyn Hooker’s groundbreaking study published in 1957.
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World Health Organization confirms transgender people are not mentally ill
The WHO declassified “gender incongruence” from their list of mental disorders.
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World Health Organization considers major change to transgender status
“The terminology is difficult because nobody likes anything….we could call this ‘happy unicorns dancing by the edge of the stream’ and there’d be an objection to it.”
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Robert Spitzer, psychiatrist who shed light on homosexuality, dies
Dr. Robert Spitzer — a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality’s designation as a pathology — died Friday in Seattle.
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Calif. man sues doctor for listing homosexuality as a ‘chronic condition’
LOS ANGELES — A California man las filed a lawsuit against his doctor and a Southern California healthcare network, saying they ignored his request to remove a notation from his medial records describing “homosexual behavior” as a “chronic problem.” KNBC-TV reports that Matthew Moore, 46, who is openly gay, said he was shocked to see his sexual orientation …
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American Psychiatric Association to remove term ‘gender identity disorder’ from manual
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Psychiatric Association has voted to eliminate the term “gender identity disorder” and replace it with “gender dysphoria” when diagnosing people who are transgender.