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…... [Following the GayMayDay demonstrations] About thirty people from the GayMayDay Tribe including several members of the Washington commune [GLF House, 1620 S St. NW, Washington, DC] piled into a VW van and a few cars and headed for the [hotel].  Half of the men were in really fabulous drag with wildly painted faces, that accentuated the spontaneous, liberating attitude of brothers in drag ..."…Dr. Kameny recalls "At that point they were afraid to say no to us.  So they said yes."}}</ref> is the anti-scientific method used by the proponents of [[totalitarian]] [[LGBT]] ideology for influencing the decision-making process of American Psychiatric Association ([[American Psychiatric Association|APA]]) that  finally lead to removal of homosexuality from the [[DSM|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual]]'s list of mental disorders after the the Board of the APA  voting on December 15, 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Homosexuality: Open Letter to Christie |Chapter=An inexact science |author=Terry A. Hurlbut |publisher=Conservative News and Views |date=Ausgust 24, 2013  |accessdate=September 9, 2013 |url=http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2013/08/24/family/homosexuality-open-letter-governor-christie/ |quote=In fact, the APA made their 1973 decision, only after active, practicing homosexuals gained a majority in the APA and took over the editorship of the DSM. Determined as they were never to change, they declared that they, and others like them, weren’t sick. They grudgingly admitted some people didn’t like that tendency. Then in 1987 they struck the phrase “ego-dystonic homosexuality” from their catalog of mental illness. (The International Classification of Disease still lists it. Or did, as of this publication.)}}</ref> As Frank Kameny, the leader of the movement that included the coercive actions and attacks on APA conferences with wildly painted faces and disrupting the proceedings, put it: ''"At that point they were afraid to say no to us. So they said yes."''<ref name="Rainbow"/>

…... [Following the GayMayDay demonstrations] About thirty people from the GayMayDay Tribe including several members of the Washington commune [GLF House, 1620 S St. NW, Washington, DC] piled into a VW van and a few cars and headed for the [hotel].  Half of the men were in really fabulous drag with wildly painted faces, that accentuated the spontaneous, liberating attitude of brothers in drag ..."…Dr. Kameny recalls "At that point they were afraid to say no to us.  So they said yes."}}</ref> is the anti-scientific method used by the proponents of [[totalitarian]] [[LGBT]] ideology for influencing the decision-making process of American Psychiatric Association ([[American Psychiatric Association|APA]]) that  finally lead to removal of homosexuality from the [[DSM|Diagnostic and Statistical Manual]]'s list of mental disorders after the the Board of the APA  voting on December 15, 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Homosexuality: Open Letter to Christie |Chapter=An inexact science |author=Terry A. Hurlbut |publisher=Conservative News and Views |date=Ausgust 24, 2013  |accessdate=September 9, 2013 |url=http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2013/08/24/family/homosexuality-open-letter-governor-christie/ |quote=In fact, the APA made their 1973 decision, only after active, practicing homosexuals gained a majority in the APA and took over the editorship of the DSM. Determined as they were never to change, they declared that they, and others like them, weren’t sick. They grudgingly admitted some people didn’t like that tendency. Then in 1987 they struck the phrase “ego-dystonic homosexuality” from their catalog of mental illness. (The International Classification of Disease still lists it. Or did, as of this publication.)}}</ref> As Frank Kameny, the leader of the movement that included the coercive actions and attacks on APA conferences with wildly painted faces and disrupting the proceedings, put it: ''"At that point they were afraid to say no to us. So they said yes."''<ref name="Rainbow"/>

In broader sense, 'Zapping the Shrinks' represents attempts for promoting own hidden agenda by means of coercive actions, political pressure, and underhanded and [[Psychological manipulation|manipulative]] methods, under the fig leaf of science. Where 'Zapping the Shrinks' approach prevails, the free, unbiased and open scientific research as well as an open dialogue ends. It is replaced by totalitarian [[Cherry picking|cherry-picking]] the results and research that supports the hidden promoted agenda and any disturbing or unwelcome evidence is suppressed. Political stances begin to override any scientific data.<ref name="Cummings"/>       

In broader sense, 'Zapping the Shrinks' represents attempts for promoting own hidden agenda by means of coercive actions, political pressure, and underhanded and [[Psychological manipulation|manipulative]] methods, under the fig leaf of science. Where 'Zapping the Shrinks' approach prevails, the free, unbiased and open scientific research as well as an open dialogue ends. It is replaced by totalitarian [[Cherry picking|cherry-picking]] the results and research that supports the hidden promoted agenda and any disturbing or [[Damning the Alternatives|unwelcome evidence is suppressed]]. Political stances begin to override any scientific data.<ref name="Cummings"/>       

==Historical Background==

==Historical Background==