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===Gay marriage===
===Gay marriage===
The first hurdle in the [[gay rights]] movement was overcoming the progressive reform of 1950s that treated criminals as victims of psychological disorders. By the 1960s [[homosexuality]] was considered by experts and the [[court]]s as both a [[crime]] and a [[mental illness]]. Due to ethical concerns over locking people up on the basis of a psychological disorder. the psychiatric profession dropped the diagnosis of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the early 1970s. In the 1980s the states began de-criminalizing homosexuality with the idea that law enforcement resources could be better utilized elsewhere. With Homosexuality "normalized" now, by the 1990s the [[Equal protection]] clause was being invoked for a group in the [[coalition]] of [[identity politics]].
The first hurdle in the [[gay rights]] movement was overcoming the progressive reform of 1950s that treated criminals as victims of psychological disorders. By the 1960s [[homosexuality]] was considered by experts and the [[court]]s as both a [[crime]] and a [[mental illness]]. Due to ethical concerns over locking people up on the basis of a psychological disorder. the psychiatric profession dropped the diagnosis of homosexuality as a mental disorder in the early 1970s. In the 1980s the states began de-criminalizing homosexuality with the idea that law enforcement resources could be better utilized elsewhere, the [[war on drugs]] for example. With Homosexuality "normalized" now, by the 1990s the [[Equal protection]] clause was being invoked for a group in the [[coalition]] of [[identity politics]].
==See also==
==See also==