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==Historical Background==

==Historical Background==

In 1963 the Committee on Public Health from the New York Academy of Medicine reported that homosexuality is indeed an illness. The homosexuals are emotionally [[disturbed character|disturbed individuals]] who have not acquired the normal capacity to develop satisfying heterosexual relations. In 1968 the 2nd edition of [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] (DSM-II) enlisted homosexuality in the category [[Sexual deviation]]s under the code 302.0 in chapter V. Personality Disorders and Certain other Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders.<ref>{{cite book|title=DSM-II Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |author=Committee on Nomenclature and Statistics of the American Psychiatric Association |edition=2 |publisher=American Psychiatric Association |place=Washington |year=1968 |chapter=V. Personality Disorders and Certain other Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders (301—304) |pages=10, 44, 79 |url=http://bookfi.net/book/1101002 |quote=302 '''Sexual deviations'''. This category is for individuals whose sexual interests are directed primarily toward objects other than people of the opposite sex, toward sexual acts not usually associated with coitus, or toward coitus performed under bizarre circumstances as in necrophilia, pedophilia, sexual sadism, and fetishism. Even though many find their practices distasteful, they remain unable to substitute normal sexual behavior for them. This diagnosis is not appropriate for individuals who perform deviant sexual acts because normal sexual objects are not available to them. 302.0 Homosexuality}}</ref> Some homosexuals have gone beyond the plane of defensiveness and started to claim that homosexual deviancy is a "desirable, noble, preferable way of life."<ref name="Satinover">{{cite book |title= Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth |author= Jeffrey Satinover |publisher= Baker Books |year=1996 |chapter=1.Neither Scientific nor Democratic|page=|isbn= 9781441212931 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jlafJCzJWP4C&pg=PT39&dq=1963+New+York+committee+on+public+health+homosexuals+are+emotionally+disturbed+individuals&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jtDEUb31BqO04AT-koHICw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA }}</ref> After the 1971 annual convention in Washington where an attack of [[Homosexual activism|homosexual activists]] took place, the APA and leaders of the LGBT movement [[Frank Kameny]] and Barbara Gittings negotiated over an imposed presence for homosexuals at the APA conferences.<ref name="Rainbow"/> Under coercion from the activists, the APA bent over backwards to be understanding and open and left an open door for opportunistic homosexuals and their sympathizers to rush in and use it, not for scientific purposes, but for political purposes. Gradually it became part of the movement for "[[diversity]]" under the pretence of bringing all under-represented people into psychology. It was thought to be a very lofty idea on the surface, but it became at the end a [[Confirmation bias|bias]].<ref name="Cummings"/> Just 10 years later – with no significant new scientific evidence – the homosexual activists’ argument became the new standard within psychiatry.<ref name="Satinover"/> In the 1970's, sexual-radical activists subverted the American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association, and forced the removal of homosexuality from the list of mental disorders.<ref name="HHH2017">{{cite book |title=The Health Hazards of Homosexuality

In 1963 the Committee on Public Health from the New York Academy of Medicine reported that homosexuality is indeed an illness. The homosexuals are emotionally [[disturbed character|disturbed individuals]] who have not acquired the normal capacity to develop satisfying heterosexual relations. In 1968 the 2nd edition of [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] (DSM-II) enlisted homosexuality in the category [[Sexual deviation]]s under the code 302.0 in chapter V. Personality Disorders and Certain other Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders.<ref>{{cite book|title=DSM-II Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |author=Committee on Nomenclature and Statistics of the American Psychiatric Association |edition=2 |publisher=American Psychiatric Association |place=Washington |year=1968 |chapter=V. Personality Disorders and Certain other Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders (301—304) |pages=10, 44, 79 |url=http://bookfi.net/book/1101002 |quote=302 '''Sexual deviations'''. This category is for individuals whose sexual interests are directed primarily toward objects other than people of the opposite sex, toward sexual acts not usually associated with coitus, or toward coitus performed under bizarre circumstances as in necrophilia, pedophilia, sexual sadism, and fetishism. Even though many find their practices distasteful, they remain unable to substitute normal sexual behavior for them. This diagnosis is not appropriate for individuals who perform deviant sexual acts because normal sexual objects are not available to them. 302.0 Homosexuality}}</ref> Some homosexuals have gone beyond the plane of defensiveness and started to claim that homosexual deviancy is a "desirable, noble, preferable way of life."<ref name="Satinover">{{cite book |title= Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth |author= Jeffrey Satinover |publisher= Baker Books |year=1996 |chapter=1.Neither Scientific nor Democratic|page=|isbn= 9781441212931 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jlafJCzJWP4C&pg=PT39&dq=1963+New+York+committee+on+public+health+homosexuals+are+emotionally+disturbed+individuals&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jtDEUb31BqO04AT-koHICw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA }}</ref> After the 1971 annual convention in Washington where an attack of [[Homosexual activism|homosexual activists]] took place, the APA and leaders of the LGBT movement [[Frank Kameny]] and Barbara Gittings negotiated over an imposed presence for homosexuals at the APA conferences.<ref name="Rainbow"/> Under coercion from the activists, the APA bent over backwards to be understanding and open and left an open door for opportunistic homosexuals and their sympathizers to rush in and use it, not for scientific purposes, but for political purposes. Gradually it became part of the movement for "[[diversity]]" under the pretence of bringing all under-represented people into psychology. It was thought to be a very lofty idea on the surface, but it became at the end a [[Confirmation bias|bias]].<ref name="Cummings"/> Just 10 years later – with no significant new scientific evidence – the homosexual activists’ argument became the new standard within psychiatry.<ref name="Satinover"/> In the 1970s, sexual-radical activists subverted the American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association, and forced the removal of homosexuality from the list of mental disorders.<ref name="HHH2017">{{cite book |title=The Health Hazards of Homosexuality

​What the Medical and Psychological Research Reveals |author=12. Brian Camenker et al. |publisher=MassResistance |place=Waltham, MA |year=2017 |chapter=2. Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Health Issues |pages=50 |isbn=978-15399-83811 |url=http://www.healthhazardsofhomosexuality.info }}</ref>   

What the Medical and Psychological Research Reveals |author=12. Brian Camenker et al. |publisher=MassResistance |place=Waltham, MA |year=2017 |chapter=2. Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Health Issues |pages=50 |isbn=978-15399-83811 |url=http://www.healthhazardsofhomosexuality.info }}</ref>   

1979 APA president Nicholas Cummings,<ref>{{cite web |title=Former APA Presidents|publisher=American Psychological Association

1979 APA president Nicholas Cummings,<ref>{{cite web |title=Former APA Presidents|publisher=American Psychological Association

|url=http://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/past-presidents.aspx|accessdate=June 21, 2013 |quote=1979  Nicholas A. Cummings, PhD}}</ref> who was very active in helping homosexuals to be accepted in the APA, maintained that gradually cherry-picking scientific results became the [[modus operandi]] and the homosexual "rights" movement sort of captured the APA. Further on, an APA committee that considered the possibility of successful reparative therapy would not permit supporters of that therapy on the committee. "[T]his kind of bias prevails in the APA all under the scientific aura," he said. "[T]he APA has become a monolith. ...The APA has become politically correct. [[Politically correct|Political correctness]] rules, not science."<ref name="Cummings">{{cite web |title=Interview With Dr. Nicholas Cummings at 2011 NARTH Convention in Phoenix Arizona |publisher=NARTH |date=April 3, 2012 |url=http://narth.com/2012/04/2304/ |accessdate=June 21, 2013|quote="Political Correctness Rules, Not Science," Says American Psychological Association Past-President in Interview with Dr. Nicolosi …"Unbiased, Open Research [on Homosexuality] Was Never Done," Says Former A.P.A. President in Interview}}</ref> [[Scientific evidence]] is no longer the basis for APA's policy positions.<ref name="HHH2017"/>

|url=http://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/past-presidents.aspx|accessdate=June 21, 2013 |quote=1979  Nicholas A. Cummings, PhD}}</ref> who was very active in helping homosexuals to be accepted in the APA, maintained that gradually cherry-picking scientific results became the [[modus operandi]] and the homosexual "rights" movement sort of captured the APA. Further on, an APA committee that considered the possibility of successful reparative therapy would not permit supporters of that therapy on the committee. "[T]his kind of bias prevails in the APA all under the scientific aura," he said. "[T]he APA has become a monolith. ...The APA has become politically correct. [[Politically correct|Political correctness]] rules, not science."<ref name="Cummings">{{cite web |title=Interview With Dr. Nicholas Cummings at 2011 NARTH Convention in Phoenix Arizona |publisher=NARTH |date=April 3, 2012 |url=http://narth.com/2012/04/2304/ |accessdate=June 21, 2013|quote="Political Correctness Rules, Not Science," Says American Psychological Association Past-President in Interview with Dr. Nicolosi …"Unbiased, Open Research [on Homosexuality] Was Never Done," Says Former A.P.A. President in Interview}}</ref> [[Scientific evidence]] is no longer the basis for APA's policy positions.<ref name="HHH2017"/>