When the American Psychiatric Association (APA) decided in 1973 to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses, it was a landmark moment for LGBTQ equality — and one that is still unheralded.
Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer’s documentary on the subject, “Cured,” debuted on PBS’ Independent Lens on October 11, National Coming Out Day.
Sammon knew back in 2014 that he wanted to make the film. His friend Charles Francis, head of the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., wrote a screenplay about Frank Kameny — one of the subjects of the film, who started the Mattachine Society — which featured a scene where psychiatrist and activist John E.
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