What Event Was Key in Prompting the American Psychiatric Association

question 61

Multiple Choice

What event was key in prompting the American psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its classification as a psychological disorder from the DSM-II?

• A) political pressure from left-wing senators
• B) the discovery of a "gay gene," the presence of which predicted sexual orientation with incredible accuracy
• C) a study showing no differences in psychological adjustment between heterosexual and gay participants
• D) the acceleration of the gay rights movement during the 1980s

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