#FiftyYears ago, ‘#homosexuality’ was #dropped from #APA’s #list of #mentaldisorders.

#BarbaraGittings & #KayLahusen were #lesbian #activists who emphatically opposed the label. They lived together in #Philadelphia and convinced another #Philadelphian, #gay #psychiatrist Dr. #JohnEFryer, to #address an #APA #annualconvention as #DrHAnonymous in May 1972 in #Dallas, #Texas.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #APA #History #GayRights #Representation #Culture

https://epgn.com/2023/12/15/fifty-years-ago-homosexuality-was-dropped-from-apas-list-of-mental-disorders/

✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is Pink!

Alecia Beth Moore Hart, best known by her stage name, Pink, is a musical artist and actress. Pink has a discograhy of nine records over her more than twenty year career. Many of her albumns have charted in the top Billboard chart in the US and abroad, and she's won multiple awards, including seven MTV Music Awards, three Grammy awards, two Brit awards, and more.

Her website is http://www.pinkspage.com/

#JewOfTheDay #LGBTQ #Singer #Musician #Philadelphian #Jewdiverse #Mazeldon