The History of Homosexuality and the DSM

Why the psychological community needs to step up as LGBT+ allies

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The diagnosis of homosexuality was taken out of the DSM in 1973 in response to the action shown by queer activists. Activists during this time were trying to show that homosexuality being in the DSM added to the anti-homosexual social stigma. In 1990, the Worlds Health Organization…