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   First published in 1968, DSM-II (the American classiifcation of   
   mental disorders) listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. In   
   this, the DSM followed in a long tradition in medicine and   
   psychiatry, which in the 19th century appropriated homosexuality   
   from the Church and, in an élan of enlightenment, transformed it   
   from sin to mental disorder.   
      
   In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) asked all   
   members attending its convention to vote on whether they   
   believed homosexuality to be a mental disorder. 5,854   
   psychiatrists voted to remove homosexuality from the DSM, and   
   3,810 to retain it.   
      
   The APA then compromised, removing homosexuality from the DSM   
   but replacing it, in effect, with "sexual orientation   
   disturbance" for people "in conflict with" their sexual   
   orientation. Not until 1987 did homosexuality completely fall   
   out of the DSM.   
      
   Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) only removed   
   homosexuality from its ICD classification with the publication   
   of ICD-10 in 1992, although ICD-10 still carries the construct   
   of "ego-dystonic sexual orientation". In this condition, the   
   person is not in doubt about his or her sexual preference, but   
   "wishes it were different because of associated psychological   
   and behavioural disorders".   
      
   The evolution of the status of homosexuality in the   
   classifications of mental disorders highlights that concepts of   
   mental disorder can be rapidly evolving social constructs that   
   change as society changes. Today, the standard of psychotherapy   
   in the U.S. and Europe is gay affirmative psychotherapy, which   
   encourages gay people to accept their sexual orientation.   
      
      
      
   Voting.  Absent of ANY CLINICAL EVIDENCE, they voice voted out a   
   mental disorder recognized by the ancient Greeks over 2000 years   
   ago.   
         
      
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