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Anonymous:
Homosexuality USED to be in the DSM II as a diagnosed disorder, i assume that when HLA opened up they used that as part of a criteria on their application for enrollment...as of about 2 years ago they took it off their applications...below is the quote from The A.P.A. Normalization of Homosexuality, and the Research Study of Irving Bieber:

The factors that determined the decision of the APA to delete homosexuality from DSM-II were summarized as follows:

Gay activists had a profound influence on psychiatric thinking.
A sincere belief was held by liberal-minded and compassionate psychiatrists that listing homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder supported and reinforced prejudice against homosexuals. Removal of the term from the diagnostic manual was viewed as a humane, progressive act.
There was an acceptance of new criteria to define psychiatric conditions. Only those disorders that caused a patient to suffer or that resulted in adjustment problems were thought to be appropriate for inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

Just to clear up the whole homosexuality as not a dx disorder...
thanks
a staff member...but don't as me to answer any of your questions like you like to bombard other staff with...not my place to answer them and most of the questions you ask i wouldnt have a clue about  :wave:
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RobertBruce:
Isnt it the DSM IV the current edition?

So are you claiming that HLA no longer accepts students for simply being homosexual?

Also isnt there still the problem of for years claiming they treat it as a disorder, yet the owner and large number of staff members were themselves gay?

Anonymous:
In my time there in the early days is wasn't treated as a disorder in terms of something being wrong with the person as much as it was acknowledging the fact that some students struggle with this issue.  We never disuaded someone from being homosexual, we just tried to help them figure out their identity and helped them be comfortable with who they are.  There was never any preaching to students to be one way or the other.  It was all about helping them be who they are.  It was listed as something that we treated because it is a legitimate issue for so many teens who are struggling with whether or not they are homosexual.  To not address it would be irresponsible.
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RobertBruce:

--- Quote ---On 2005-12-02 14:55:00, Anonymous wrote:

"In my time there in the early days is wasn't treated as a disorder in terms of something being wrong with the person as much as it was acknowledging the fact that some students struggle with this issue.  We never disuaded someone from being homosexual, we just tried to help them figure out their identity and helped them be comfortable with who they are.  There was never any preaching to students to be one way or the other.  It was all about helping them be who they are.  It was listed as something that we treated because it is a legitimate issue for so many teens who are struggling with whether or not they are homosexual.  To not address it would be irresponsible.



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And of course HLA would never do anything irrespondsible. What of the practice of 1. Trying to force gay kids out of the closet before they may have been ready or 2. Claiming any student who had a problem with homosexuality was themselves gay. Are these respondsible practices still in place?

aftenthurston:
students were not accepted into HLA merely for being homosexual... they, at one point, claimed to treat it, but there is no "treatment" for it, seeing as though it is not a disorder...
aften

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