The Removal of Homosexuality from the DSM: Its Impact on Today's Marriage Equality Debate

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-135

  Drescher, Jack ^a  

^a WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Psychiatric Association; culture war; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; gay; homosexuality; lesbian; marriage; marriage equality; same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859631351     PISSN: 19359705     EISSN: 19359713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2012.653255     Document Type: Review

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