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'''Zapping the Shrinks'''<ref name="Rainbow">{{cite web |author= Mark Meinke |title=Zapping the Shrinks, May 3, 1971

'''Zapping the Shrinks'''<ref name="Rainbow">{{cite web |author= Mark Meinke |title=Zapping the Shrinks, May 3, 1971

|publisher= The Rainbow History Project : Preserving Our Community's Memories  |url=http://www.rainbowhistory.org/html/apazap.htm |accessdate=June 21, 2013|quote= Earlier in April, the newly formed Gay Activists Alliance/DC (GAA), the Gay Liberation Front-DC (GLF) and the Mattachine Society of Washington had laid plans for a major zap of the APA's Convocation.  Perry Brass recalls (in his Come Out article chronicling Gay MayDay and the zap) that six members of GAA were given copies of the statement to be read to the psychiatrists following the disruption of the convocation.

|publisher= The Rainbow History Project : Preserving Our Community's Memories  |url=http://www.rainbowhistory.org/html/apazap.htm |accessdate=June 21, 2013|quote= Earlier in April, the newly formed Gay Activists Alliance/DC (GAA), the Gay Liberation Front-DC (GLF) and the Mattachine Society of Washington had laid plans for a major zap of the APA's Convocation.  Perry Brass recalls (in his Come Out article chronicling Gay MayDay and the zap) that six members of GAA were given copies of the statement to be read to the psychiatrists following the disruption of the convocation.

…... [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 [[LGBT]] ideology for influencing the decision-making process of American Psychiatric Association (APA) that  finally lead to removal of homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual's list of mental disorders after the the Board of the APA  voting on December 15, 1973. 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 [[LGBT]] ideology for influencing the decision-making process of 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. 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 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 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 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 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"/>