American Psychiatric Association (APA)

“You may take this as a declaration of war against you!” Frank Kameny declared.

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Long before Stonewall, some brave people showed their Pride.

The history behind the words and phrases used to identify LGBT people is both curious and revealing.

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.

The American Psychoanalytical Association says members should no longer feel restricted by a rule against commenting on the mental health of public figures.

The law bars providers from advertising or engaging in conversion therapy for those under 18.

In 1971, activists stormed into the annual American Psychiatric Association conference and literally declared war. By 1973, the APA had surrendered.

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.

A new study by the APA suggests that approximately 210,000 military men are sexually assaulted each year.

The largest study on transgender populations in the country found that one in five Maryland respondents report having lost their job due to being transgender; 12 percent have been, or are homeless and over half of the transgender population has been harassed and or denied service in a public space, just for being who they are. These statistics paint an unfortunate, but accurate, picture of how transgender Marylanders are being treated by their fellow Maryland residents, including their families, their co-workers, and their neighbors. Like any marginalized community, it is hard not to internalize this really hurtful mistreatment.

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.