Monday, February 26, 2018
DSM
You are doubtless aware that the DSM is the American Psychiatric Association's manual for defining mental illness. LGBTs make a big point of reminding everyone that homosexuality was removed from the DSM some years back; it is clearly not a problem. But the DSM is a highly culturally biased piece of work. Homosexuality was not added to DSM until 1952. And of course there was science to back this up as a mental disorder. It also appears that DSM-II was adapted from a World War II military standard.
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It was removed from the DSM at an APA convention in San Francisco - the location is no coincidence. After the vote, the attendees were polled privately and most responded that it should remain a disorder but they voted otherwise for political reasons - i.e. fear.
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