No matter how well adjusted a member of the LGBTQ community was, the APA considered homosexuality a mental illness until 1973. That said, this further pushed the queer community into the margins making equality virtually impossible.chronicles the battle waged by a small — yet strong and passionate — group of activists who declared war against a formidable institution and won.
The docu combines eyewitness testimony with never before seen archival footage as a vehicle to depict this battle.illuminates the strategy and tactics that led to this pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the movement for LGBTQ equality. Indeed, following the Stonewall uprising of 1969, the campaign that culminated in the APA’s 1973 decision marks the first major step on the path to first-class citizenship for LGBTQ Americans.