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Current events: November 23, 2024

APA decision (2013) – Overview of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association decision to remove "sexual orientation" from the DSM-5 entry on Pedophilia. Heretic TOC – A plague on both your APA houses – Tom discusses the recent APA decision to give into right wing pressure and remove "Sexual Orientation" from the entry on pedophilia from the DSM-5. (UK) APA to correct manual: Pedophilia is not a ‘sexual orientation’ – Due to pressure from right wing Christian news site and a number of smaller, right-wing blogs, the APA has decided to change "sexual orientation" to "sexual interest" and deny that they intended the entry in DSM-5 to read sexual orientation. (The Washington Times,US) Whopping Pedophilia 'Sexual Orientation' Error Sparks Right-Wing Freakout - A mainstream Christian news site and a number of smaller, right-wing blogs published stories this week alleging that the American Psychiatric Association, or APA, had classified pedophilia as a sexual orientation. ( The Huffington Post) Mistakes can have a very high price. – Peter Hooper's blog: "Take a Risk NZ" – analyses the recent APA decision Fight Back – It’s time to fight back. Help make these go viral. Both APAs have just released press releases in response to right wing fundamentalist complaints that the new DSM 5 classifies pedophilia as a sexual orientation. The press releases ignore the mental health of people with the diagnosis and instead advocate their prosecution—an interesting approach for so-called mental health organizations.