Historical Medicalization and Stigmatization of Homosexuality
Historically, homosexuality was considered a deviant behavior that required treatment in order to be cured. This led to the...
How do queer communities form? What are their dynamics? And how might they influence societal interventions, policies, and public health initiatives?
Many people identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay,...
* Sexual orientation and gender identity are terms that describe an individual's sense of self in relation to their sexual desires, attractions, and behaviors. * Queer refers to individuals who...
Historical Medical Discourse
Historically, medicine has pathologized queer identities through the creation of a false dichotomy between normal/abnormal, healthy/unhealthy, and...
The idea that homosexuality is an abnormal condition requiring treatment dates back to the late nineteenth century when Sigmund Freud believed it was caused by childhood experiences.
His theories...
In the past, many doctors and scientists believed that non-heterosexual identities were a result of mental illness or physical abnormalities. This led to discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, who...
Queer communities have faced numerous challenges throughout history that have affected their sense of identity and belonging. These experiences can include discrimination, violence, stigma, and...
For centuries, the dominant narrative about queerness was that it was inherently wrong, abnormal, sickening, perverse, degenerate, or deviant. This idea is known as homonormativity: the assumption...
The concept of medical pathologizing of gender variance has been widely discussed in academic literature and popular media, but there is still a significant gap between what is known about it and how...
I will explore how the historical psychiatric and medical discourse has influenced contemporary prejudices against LGBTQ communities.
Historical Psychiatric Discourse
Historically, mental...