Homosexuality is not classified as a mental disorder in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); it was removed in the 1970s after activism and research showing it to be a normal variation of human sexuality rather than a pathology. The current DSM does not include any category diagnosing homosexuality, reflecting a broad scientific consensus that non-heterosexuality is not a disorder.
Homosexuality is not classified as a mental disorder in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); it was removed in the 1970s after activism and research showing it to be a normal variation of human sexuality rather than a pathology. The current DSM does not include any category diagnosing homosexuality, reflecting a broad scientific consensus that non-heterosexuality is not a disorder.
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