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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 over psychological disorders. the psychiatric profession dropped the diagnosis of homosexuality as 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 ulitized 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. 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==