1973

Board of trustees of American Psychiatric Association votes unanimously to delete homosexuality from its nomenclature and replace it with diagnosis of sexual orientation disturbance. In a 1974 referendum forced by Charles Socarides, entire APA membership voted to accept this decision by 58% for to 37% against (Kirk & Kutchins, 87-88). IRS declares the Pill a deductible medicine (Asbell, 243).