Daily News | Gayborhood celebrates the 50th anniversary of Philly psychiatrist John Fryer’s pivotal speech for LGBTQ rights
Malcolm Lazin, executive director of the Equality Forum, gestures to the historical marker for John E. Fryer during his opening remark at a tribute to Fryer on Monday at 13th and Locust Streets.Local leaders and activists gathered in the Gayborhood on Monday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Philadelphia-based psychiatrist John Fryer’s speech to the American Psychiatric Association, a pivotal moment in the fight for LGBTQ civil rights.
Mayor Jim Kenney and other dignitaries spoke below the blue-and-gold historic marker at 13th and Locust Streets honoring Fryer,at the group’s annual meeting on May 2, 1972. Wearing a mask to disguise himself and using a voice modulator, Fryer told the APA, “I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist.” His testimony helped persuade the APA to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder at its 1973 meeting, “ending treatments such as chemical castration, electric shock therapy, and lobotomy and paving the way for advances in LGBT civil rights,” according to the marker, which was installed in 2017.
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