Many religions during that time were the heart of many discrimination. “Gay men and lesbian women received almost universal moral condemnation from mainstream religions”. (Introduction: Stonewall Uprising) Even the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as mental disorder rather than a way of life. Gays would be sent to seek help, and during the sessions the psychiatrists “would try to talk you into being heterosexual. If that didn't work, they would do things like aversive conditioning, you know, show you pornography and then give you an electric shock. This involves showing the gay man pictures of nude males and shocking him with a strong electric current. Over a short period of time, he will be unable to get sexually aroused to the pictures, and hopefully, he will be unable to get sexually aroused inside, in other settings as well.” (The Stonewall Uprising) If a person was viewed as a sexual psychopath, then they would be sent to a mental institution where they “were
Many religions during that time were the heart of many discrimination. “Gay men and lesbian women received almost universal moral condemnation from mainstream religions”. (Introduction: Stonewall Uprising) Even the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as mental disorder rather than a way of life. Gays would be sent to seek help, and during the sessions the psychiatrists “would try to talk you into being heterosexual. If that didn't work, they would do things like aversive conditioning, you know, show you pornography and then give you an electric shock. This involves showing the gay man pictures of nude males and shocking him with a strong electric current. Over a short period of time, he will be unable to get sexually aroused to the pictures, and hopefully, he will be unable to get sexually aroused inside, in other settings as well.” (The Stonewall Uprising) If a person was viewed as a sexual psychopath, then they would be sent to a mental institution where they “were