I have chosen the key-word ‘homosexuality and the DMS’.
DEFINITION: I think the definition of ‘homosexuality’ and its considerations as a disease has changed quite a bit over time as seen through different versions of the DSM and other medical discourse.
PURPOSE: I intend to create a series of tiktoks. Some of the generic conventions of this format are short videos, casual language, and audio over videos.
CONTENT: I intend to talk about the different DSM defintions of homosexuality and situate them within the appropriate historical contexts. I also want to elaborate on modern medical discourse about homosexuality.
COURSE THEMATIC: I think that my key concept intersects/overlaps with the class theme of reading because I am essentially going to be analyzing how medical discourses have “read” homosexuality over the course of a few decades.
QUESTIONS: For now, I don’t have any questions!
SOURCES: I have decided to use the following five sources because they provide a comprehensive history of homosexuality and the DSM. They also represent medical discourse about homosexuality which I think is important to discuss for my project.
- McHenry, S. E., J, D., A, L., RJ, S., Al., E., TS, H., & ND, W. (2022, September 8). “Gay is good”: History of homosexuality in the DSM and modern psychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2022.180103
- Spurlin, W. J. (2018, August 3). Queer Theory and Biomedical Practice: The biomedicalization of sexuality/the cultural politics of biomedicine – journal of medical humanities. SpringerLink. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10912-018-9526-0
- Kinney, R. L. (2015, November). Homosexuality and scientific evidence: On suspect anecdotes, antiquated data, and broad generalizations. The Linacre quarterly. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771012/
- Socarides, C. (n.d.). Homosexuality and Medicine. Jama Network. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/354252
- Mysorekar, 01/08/2019 – by S., & Mysorekar, S. (2019, January 8). The World Health Organization considers homosexuality as normal behaviour. D+C. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/world-health-organization-considers-homosexuality-normal-behaviour