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1973

1973-12-15American Psychiatric Association Victory!

The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. This action, which eliminated the classification of homosexuality as a disease, followed several years of agitation by gay and lesbian activists, and was one of the first major victories of the young gay liberation movement.

 

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