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Homosexuality was considered a mental disorder and "sexual deviation" until 1973 — months after Silverstein gave a presentation challenging the classification.
Dr. Charles Silverstein — a pioneering gay activist, LGBTQ-inclusive psychologist and a boundary-pushing author — has died at the age of 87. His friend and colleague Dr. Barabara Kapetanakes says he was warm, generous, and infinitely humble.
He was at the forefront in persuading the American Psychiatric Association to reassess its classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder.