RIP Nice Dr. Green
Dr. Richard Green, one of the earliest and most vocal critics of psychiatry’s classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, died on April 6 at his home in London. He was 82.
The cause was esophageal cancer, his son, Adam Hines-Green, said.
Dr. Green, who was also a forceful advocate for gay and transgender rights in a series of landmark discrimination trials, became aware of the marginalization of people because of their sexual and gender identities while training to be a doctor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, a leader in the study of sexuality.
In 1972, shortly after completing his specialty in psychiatry, he defied the advice of colleagues and wrote a paper in The International Journal of Psychiatry questioning “the premise that homosexuality is a disease or a homosexual is inferior.”
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 6 | April 24, 2019 12:10 AM
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I didn't know anything about him and thank you OP for posting. Much respect and gratitude.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 22, 2019 9:55 PM
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Takes balls to make a stand like that.
How come we didn't hear about him sooner?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 22, 2019 10:11 PM
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We knew that the APA stopped calling us mental, but I guess it stopped there, and we didn't learn who stood up for us.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 22, 2019 11:16 PM
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The obituary is very well written. I can imagine his story to be made into film.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 23, 2019 9:18 AM
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A life spent defending the oppressed against the oppressors, trying to bring rationality to unenlightened thinking. What a noble use of his intellect.
Courageous and selfless. What an example of a life well-lived.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 23, 2019 10:25 AM
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