Richard Moreau
Thu, 17 Jan 2002 20:09:51 -0800
Begin forwarded message: > From: Jet Wimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu Jan 17, 2002 11:31:56 PM US/Eastern > To: Richard Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Homosexuality and the APA > > Ricky, > > Can you forward the following message please. I don't know how to do it > exactly. > > > Dear UC Pride members, > > I forgot to mention this on our last (Yankee Swap) meeting. Due to > road construction, the business of our friends Ken & Don has suffered a > loss of about 50%. Please patronize their diner in Lansdowne as much > as you can. > I want to mention that Ken & Don have started a new gay > neighbourhood group in Lansdowne called the "Friends of Lansdowne" > inspired by their association with UC Pride. > The address is : LANSDOWNE STATION CAFE, 36 E. BALTIMORE PIKE, > LANSDOWNE, PA. PH: 610-259-8240 > > Jet & Richard. > > > Richard Moreau wrote: > >> This coming week, This American Life will be looking at the behind the >> scenes efforts that got the APA to remove homosexuality from its >> definition of deviant sexuality: >> >> 81 Words. For decades, the entry on "Sexual deviations" in the >> official manual of the American Psychiatric Association contained 81 >> words. For decades, one of those words was "homosexuality." We devote >> this week's entire program >> to the untold story of how the APA's closeted gay president-elect, and >> several of his colleagues, spearheaded a behind-the-scenes movement to >> change the definition. In 1973 they finally succeeded, but not before >> spawning a full-scale professional war, which one side saw as a battle >> of liberation, and the other saw as a defense of "the basic code and >> concept of life." Broadcast the weekend of January 18-20 in most >> markets, or available here next week via RealAudio. >> >> I think this episode will be aired on WHYY, 91 FM on Sunday at 11:00 >> am and again Wed at 10:00 pm. Check out thisamericanlife.com or >> whyy.org. >> >> Has anyone ever heard what became of the Nightline 5 part series on >> ?gay youth that was to air back in September but was shelved due to >> 9/11 reporting? >> >> -Ricky > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UCPride" for gays and lesbians in University City. To unsubscribe, see <http://list.purple.com>.