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The diagnosis of "ego-dystonic homosexuality" is removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

1987

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The diagnosis of "ego-dystonic homosexuality" was included in the previous Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of "Mental Disorders" (DSM-III) as a political compromise between those fighting to remove homosexuality from the DSM and those who believed it should remain.

The diagnosis, which has no scientific basis, is removed in 1987.