Judd Marmor, M.D., was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who played an important role in the effort to remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental disorders. He served as APA Vice President (1972–73) and later as President (1975–76) and was outspoken in his view that homosexuality did not meet the criteria for a mental illness.
In 1974, after intense debate within the APA, members voted to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This decision marked a major turning point in both psychiatry and the broader movement for gay rights. Marmor’s voice carried particular influence because he was highly respected in the field and a psychoanalyst at a time when that perspective held significant weight.
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