Events

Past Event

50th Anniversary of Declassification of Homosexuality as a Disease

March 13, 2025
6:15 PM - 7:45 PM
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Online

Event Description 

Fifty years ago, in 1974, the American Psychiatric Association, following controversial debates, held an unprecedented vote to decide that homosexuality should no longer be listed as a “disease” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Yet controversies have continued over how medicine and society should view queer identities, including, most recently, transgender individuals.

Event Information 

Free and open to the public; registration required. For more information, please visit the event webpage or email Katherine Mendis
at [email protected]

Hosted by the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University.