James Finn
Nov 23, 2020

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Great summary of the history and contradictions of the Society, Melissa. Thanks!

You may be interested to read about how they also contributed to and perhaps even enabled Evelyn Hooker’s research that led to the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness.

Tyler Albertario has done some important, original historical sleuthing on that matter and published it here on Medium. Well worth a look!

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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