Homosexuality is not classified as a mental disorder in the current diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) Though homosexuality has remained absent from the dsm as a pathological condition since 1973, and society and popular culture have moved towards creating narratives that help individuals. It was removed in the 1970s after activism and research showing it to be a normal variation of human sexuality rather than a pathology.
In 1973, members of the american psychiatric association voted to remove homosexuality from the dsm By drawing on critical scholars from queer theory, transfeminism and marxist fields, i analyse two diagnostic categories (gender identity disorder of childhood and transvestic disorder) to argue that, contrary to the official narrative presented by the american psych. Not until 1987 did homosexuality completely fall out of the dsm.
Statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm) that perpetuate heteronormativity
