Witness History: Archive 2013 - Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA

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From the 1950s until the 1970s, homosexuality was classed as a mental illness in the USA. Hear from Charles Silverstein, a campaigner who persuaded the American Psychiatric Association that just because he was gay, it didn't mean he was ill.

Published on Wednesday, 4th December 2013.

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