It's all in your head.

The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian NewsmagazineNbr. 1998, December 1998

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Psychoanalyst Richard Isay discusses homosexuality as pathology

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It's all in your head.

Is homosexuality still considered a pathology? Shrinks today are all over the place when it comes to their attitudes about our mental health

Time: the 1950s or'60s

Situation: A gay man is ushered into a small room and told to place an elastic wire around the base of his penis. This device, the plethysmograph, is used to measure changes such as increased engorgement in response to erotic stimuli, including projected photographs of naked men. If the laboratory technician determines there ...

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