Out of DSM: Depathologizing Homosexuality
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theories of Homosexuality
2.1. Theories of Pathology
2.2. Theories of Immaturity
2.3. Theories of Normal Variation
3. Gender Beliefs
4. Early Theorists of Homosexuality
5. Psychoanalytic Theorizing
6. The Sexologists
7. The 1973 APA Decision
8. Conclusions
Conflicts of Interest
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