APA decision (2013)
On October 31, 2013, the APA (American Psychiatric Association) issued a statement due to pressure put on them 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.
“Sexual orientation” is not a term used in the diagnostic criteria for pedophilic disorder and its
use in the DSM -5 text discussion is an error and should read “sexual interest.” In fact, APA considers pedophilic disorder a “paraphilia,” not a “sexual orientation.” This error will be corrected in the electronic version of DSM - 5 and the next printing of the manual.
APA stands firmly behind efforts to criminally prosecute those who sexually abuse and exploit children and adolescents. We also support continued efforts to develop treatments for those with pedophilic disorder with the goal of preventing future acts of abuse.[1]
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. The press releases can be found at: http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/13-67-DSM-Correction-103113.pdf http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/10/pedophilia-mental.aspx Source of the stats above: About 11,000 children are born in the U.S. every day. Up to 3% of males are preferentially attracted to younger children, according to DSM 5. An internet study found 85% of people attracted to children remember first having these feelings when under age 18, and 45% considered suicide (http://b4uact.org/science/survey/01.htm).%7C} References
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