Politicized psychology

National | As medical groups walk the gay line, some doctors say homosexuals should be allowed to choose change | Candi Cushman

Columbia University psychiatrist Robert Spitzer should easily qualify for the gay-rights hall of fame. After all, he proposed one of the homosexual lobby's most important milestones-a 1973 resolution removing homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) list of mental disorders. The APA website now credits the resolution for launching "a quarter century of efforts to end discrimination against homosexuals."

But these days the 68-year-old self-described atheist is more likely to find his name on the homosexual lobby's blacklist. His crime? Last year he proposed a symposium on reparative therapy-psychological treatment for homosexuals who want to become heterosexual. Now he stands accused of weakening the platform he helped create.

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