Was there a brouhaha when they removed homosexuality from the DSM? As I recall, it was a "political" decision and not a research driven change.
I remember the 1972 atmosphere, and, yes, there was a large political upheaval when homosexuality was removed. Whether one considered it a research-driven change or not depended on your opinion of homosexuality.
Certainly, there are people still selling “treatments” to “cure” homosexuality. Now, however, they can’t get insurance companies to cover the costs anymore - patients have to pay out of pocket.
But more and more people have to pay out of pocket for medical, dental and psychiatric procedures these days. Psychiatric in-stay treatments aren’t covered, in most csses, unless they are considered emergencies that threaten the life of the patient. Even eating disorders have to fall into a critical category.
Of course, if there was a pill that someone developed which ostensibly “cured” homosexuality, then perhaps that category would be once again included. So many of these psychiatric illnesses seem to be nothing more than excuses to sell more pharmaceuticals. I’d argue that the influence of drug companies is much larger on the medical community than any political argument, from which the doctors are well-shielded.