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Richard Isay (1934-2012)
American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, author and gay activist
Thanks to his courage, Dr. Isay laid the foundation for the legal and medical rights gay people have today.
#LGBTVoices #PrideMonth #LoveIsLove
Richard Isay (1934-2012)
American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, author and gay activist
Thanks to his courage, Dr. Isay laid the foundation for the legal and medical rights gay people have today.
#LGBTVoices #PrideMonth #LoveIsLove
Isay is considered a pioneer who changed the way that psychoanalysts view homosexuality and had an enormous influence on much of the HIV movement and its participants today.
βHe made the field see that their view was based on ideology, not evidenceβ
βHe made the field see that their view was based on ideology, not evidenceβ
Dr. Isay contested the medical treatment of homosexuality as an illness. And, in 1992, with the help of the @ACLU, they threatened the American Psychoanalytical Association with a court case and lawsuit re: discrimination of gay people in the field of psychoanalysis.
The association backed down and agreed to discontinue discrimination, they even implemented policies to educate members about the changes. The association went on to become the first mental health institution to call for gay marriage.
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