Abstract
“I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist.” So began the speech presented by Dr. H. Anonymous (who later revealed himself as Dr. John Fryer) at the 1972 American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting held in Dallas, Texas, the APA stated in a news release. The story of Dr. Fryer, Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny and others who worked together to push the APA to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is being told in a powerful new documentary, “Cured.” The film will air as the season premiere of Independent Lens on PBS on Oct. 11, which is National Coming Out Day. The documentary, which recently won the American Historical Association's John E. O'Connor Film Award for best historical documentary of 2021, features interviews with many activists and psychiatrists, among them APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., and APA Past President (1991–92) Lawrence Hartmann, M.D. The national PBS broadcast of “Cured” is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT (check local listings) on Oct. 11. The film will be available to stream for 30 days after the broadcast on PBS.org or the PBS app. For more information about the documentary, visit https://www.cureddocumentary.com.
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