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"The APA leadership was co-opted and through political maneuvering a resolution was put forth. Of the 30,000 APA members only a third responded to the resolution and the DSM change was adopted. Concurrently, the author asserts that the NGTF (National Gay Task Force) paid for a mass mailing urging a "yes" vote on the subject to all members."

TJ: You can also add that the reason why homosexuality was dropped from list of mental illnesses in 1973 was that the gay lobby disrupted their hearings for years to get it removed, and there were so many gay psychiatrists by that time that that was a goner anyway!

If people would just admit homosexuality is a mental illness, maybe curable, maybe not, there would be more compassion with them. To turn this into a "lifestyle" is a calculated effort to induce "acceptance" by the larger straight world.

If people would just admit homosexuality is a mental illness, maybe curable, maybe not, there would be more compassion with them.

What's the basis for admitting it's a mental illness?