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by thelasthuman 2582 days ago
Wasn't homosexuality still considered a disease in the DSM-III?
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Almost. It was declassified as a disease by the American Psychiatric Association in 1973 [1] (and by the American Psychological Association in 1975 [2]), and the DSM-III has been the first edition to not include homosexuality.

It still contained ego-dystonic homosexuality (TL;DR: "I don't want to be gay") - which was opposed by the APA in 1987 [3] - until 1988, with the publication of the DSM-III-R.

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/16/archives/psychiatrists-in...

[2]: https://www.apa.org/about/policy/discrimination

[3]: https://www.apa.org/about/policy/diagnoses-homosexuality-arc...