‘Cured’ shows how homosexuality was removed as mental disorder

In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association made the landmark decision to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental disorders. It had classified same-sex attraction as a “sociopathic personality disturbance” in its first edition, which was published in 1952. In the documentary “Cured,” filmmakers Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer give an inside look at the movement … Continue reading ‘Cured’ shows how homosexuality was removed as mental disorder