History of diversity and inclusion
📅 15 December 1973
📍 United States
The APA’s board voted to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder after years of organizing by gay and lesbian activists and internal debate. Medical institutions became a site of struggle over who defines normality.
Queer and trans people resisted police raids at the Stonewall Inn. The uprising helped catalyze new organizations and public mobilization; trans women and people of color were central but often...
Women activists met to set a shared agenda for liberation, including equal pay, education and childcare. The conference helped build a decentralized movement while debate continued over race,...
Parliament repealed a discriminatory criminal-law provision that had set a higher age of consent for same-sex relations between men than for heterosexual relations. COC and other advocates had...
Title IX prohibited sex discrimination in federally funded education. Student groups, educators and women’s organizations used it to challenge institutional barriers, while unequal enforcement...
Section 504 prohibited disability discrimination in federally funded programs. Disabled activists later forced the government to issue regulations, demonstrating that rights require organized...
👉 American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its diagnostic manual
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15 December 1973
The APA’s board voted to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder after years of organizing by gay and lesbian activists and internal debate. Medical institutions became a site of struggle over who...
The act made sex discrimination unlawful in employment, education and public services and established the Equal Opportunities Commission. It offered a formal complaints route while leaving pay and...
The act extended protection to employment, housing and education, recognized indirect discrimination and established the Commission for Racial Equality. Activists and community groups had pressed...
Disabled activists occupied a federal building to demand enforceable regulations for Section 504. Cross-movement support helped sustain the protest, making disabled people’s leadership visible in...
Thousands of delegates debated a National Plan of Action on equality, childcare, employment and reproductive rights. It was a rare federally supported gathering shaped by grassroots women and...
The Convention created international obligations to eliminate discrimination against women. Feminist movements used it as an accountability tool while challenging exclusions in both international...
Question 1 of 1📖 American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its diagnostic manual
The APA’s board voted to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder after years of organizing by gay and lesbian activists and internal debate. Medical institutions became a site of struggle over who defines normality.
