Today in His, Hers, and Everything in Betweenstory*
December 15th, 1973: The American Psychiatric Association declassifies homosexuality as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It was a big deal at the time; there probably should’ve been a celebration or something, but good luck trying to get a buncha gays to go out and party.
Anyway, that’s all well and good, but I wish the APA would get back to me about my proposal of a new classification in the DSM for men who have multiple cats and a Yorkshire Terrier, favor retro-kitsch decor, spend all year looking forward to Halloween, fuss over their facial hair until it’s just so, Rollerblade shirtless, and had major problems with the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer but somehow aren’t gay, possibly due to atomic radiation or child abuse. I mean c’mon, there’s obviously something wrong with the ol’ noggin, yet here I am not collecting disability like a chump.
*yes, I realize this is not an accurate depiction of the spectrum of human sexuality, shut up
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