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World Service,04 Dec 2013,9 mins

Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA

Witness History

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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.

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