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To: bluegrass
did he not make a distinction between conservative "Catholic" men group joining vs. liberal men.

Homosexuality was originally considered a psychological problem, until politics strong armed the Psych groups...
91 posted on 02/26/2004 11:10:13 PM PST by hmong
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To: hmong
This is the truth. I swear I heard this on NPR, and they were quite proud of it.

When the APA changed the DSM to remove homosexuality as a deviant behavior, it wasn't politics per say. It was that the head of the organization at the time was a closet queen and came out afterward. Dropped his wife and kids to join the other team.

My ex-boss, a psychiatrist, confirmed the story as well known.
109 posted on 02/27/2004 5:14:06 AM PST by netmilsmom (Don't put a question mark where God put a period.)
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