In 1973, the american psychiatric association (apa) removed the diagnosis of “homosexuality” from the second edition of its diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm) This resulted after comparing competing theories, those that pathologized homosexuality and those that viewed it as normal. In 1973, members of the american psychiatric association voted to remove homosexuality from the dsm This article examines the progression of classification of homosexuality in various editions of the dsm, factors influencing this progression, and implications for sexual and other minority communities. The campaign to remove the “homosexuality” diagnosis from the dsm began in earnest in the 1960s, backed by a growing civil rights, women’s rights, and gay rights movement across the country. Statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) that perpetuate heteronormativity
By drawing on critical scholars from queer theory, transfeminism and marxist fields, i analyse two diagnostic categories (gender identity disorder of childhood and transvestic disorder) to argue that, contrary to the official narrative presented by the american psych.
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