Word: spitzer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...estimated 11 million homosexuals in the U.S., the reclassification is much more than a matter of semantics. They feel that the mental-disorder stigma has long been used to deny them fair housing, employment, child custody and immigration rights. Psychoanalyst Robert Spitzer, author of the board's position paper on homosexuality, supports their view. The new definition, he says, will remove "one of the justifications for the denial of civil rights to individuals whose only crime is that their sexual orientation is to members of the same sex." Many of Spitzer's colleagues concur. "It is unfair...
...Spitzer, Marmor and others have urged the A.P.A. membership to uphold the board's ruling. Though they seem likely to prevail when the votes are counted next month, they are unwilling to predict certain success. "Psychiatrists," warns Marmor, "are not immune to the prejudices of their culture...
King's remark, "when people come into conflict over their homosexuality, then it's a treatable illness," only makes sense in light of Spitzer's statement (which followed in the article) to the effect that the new category--"sexual orientation disturbance"--is restricted to those who are troubled about their sexual orientation. Moreover, it might be pointed out that when people come into conflict over their heterosexuality, or over any aspect of their psychological make-up, it is a treatable illness. If more homosexuals are conflicted about their sex lives, it is certainly a result of the oppressive society...