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apr 1, 1952 - "DSM" is published (1952)

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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) published their first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1952, in which homosexuality is classified as a sociopathic personality disturbance. Soon after publication, many critics in the social science and medical arise, claiming there is no empirical data to support this classification.

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apr 1, 1952
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~ 73 years ago