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Changing our minds the story of Dr Evelyn Hooker

An insight into Dr. Evelyn Hooker's pioneering work in the study of human sexuality, particularly in the understanding of homosexuality.

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  • "Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker"
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  • "An insight into Dr. Evelyn Hooker's pioneering work in the study of human sexuality, particularly in the understanding of homosexuality."@en
  • "Examines the life and personal views of Dr. Evelyn Hooker, a psychologist who has spent her life researching the causes of homosexual behavior."@en
  • "Examines the life and personal views of Dr. Evelyn Hooker, a psychologist who has spent her life researching the causes of homosexual behavior."
  • "SUMMARY:Looks at the work of Dr Evelyn Hooker whose studies were instrumental in forcing the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its official manual of mental disorders."@en
  • "Through her pioneering research in the 1940s on human sexuality, Dr. Hooker was able to disprove the superstition that homosexual men were different in a pathological sense to 'normal' heterosexual men. Her tests showed that experts could not distinguish between homosexual and heterosexual men. Hooker, using a scientific approach, questioned and disproved many of the assumptions that underpinned the psychological community's perception of gay men and women."@en
  • "Through her pioneering research in the 1940s on human sexuality Dr. Hooker was able to disprove the superstition that homosexual men were different in a pathological sense to 'normal' heterosexual men. Her tests showed that experts could not distinguish between homosexual and heterosexual men. Hooker, using a scientific approach, questioned and disproved many of the assumptions that underpinned the psychological community's perception of gay men and women."
  • "Academy Award winning director Richard Schmiechen (The Times of Harvey Milk) vividly portrays the life and work of the woman described by the Los Angeles Times as "The Rosa Parks of Gay Rights" in Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker. During the repressive 1950s, Dr. Evelyn Hooker undertook ground breaking research that led to a radical discovery: homosexuals were not, by definition, "sick." Dr. Hooker's finding sent shock waves through the psychiatric community and culminated in a major victory for gay rights - in 1974 the weight of her studies, along with gay activism, forced the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its official manual of mental disorders. Startling archival footage of the medical procedure used to "cure" homosexuality, images from the underground gay world of the McCarthy era and home movies of literary icon Christopher Isherwood bring to life history which we must never forget. Dr. Hooker's insights into gay marriage and the gay community (a term she coined), and the filmmakers' winning approach make this documentary education at its most exciting and enjoyable."@en

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  • "Changing our minds the story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker"
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