Page "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" Paragraph 10

As described by Ronald Bayer, a psychiatrist and gay rights activist, specific protests by gay rights activists against the APA began in 1970 when the organization held its convention in San Francisco.

The activists disrupted the conference by interrupting speakers and shouting down and ridiculing psychiatrists who viewed homosexuality as a mental disorder.

In 1971, gay rights activist Frank Kameny worked with the Gay Liberation Front collective to demonstrate against the APA's convention.

At the 1971 conference, Kameny grabbed the microphone and yelled, " Psychiatry is the enemy incarnate.

Psychiatry has waged a relentless war of extermination against us.

You may take this as a declaration of war against you.