the american psychiatric association and declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder
The American Psychiatric Association is a professional organization of psychiatrists in the United States. The declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder refers to the decision made by this association in 1973 to remove homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses, recognizing it as a normal variation of human sexuality.
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