ʻO Kauka Robert Spitzer, ka mea nāna i haʻalele i ka male i ka papa inoa o nā pilikia o ka noʻonoʻo i ka papa kuhikuhi APA, ʻōlelo ʻia nā poʻe hana pelekane i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻolaha i ka ʻike waha ʻole he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻolālā politika.
"Ua hoʻoholo nā mea hana i ka hōʻoia i ka lehulehu e hiki ke loli. ʻIke wau he mea kōkua kēia iā lākou me ka politika, akā ʻaʻole pololei kēia.
ʻO Kaukaʻi Nicholas Cummings, pelekikena mua o APA, ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hopu ʻana o nā mea hana LGBT i ka mana ma APA a me ka hoʻopunipuni iā lākou no kā lākou pahuhopu, e maopopo ai ka hoʻomaopopo ʻole ʻia ka male. Lawe lākou i kahi noiʻi koho, a ke kau nei i nā hopena āpau i kū ʻole ʻole i kā lākou mau hoʻolālā.
"I ka manawa a mākou i hoʻoholo ai e hoʻopau i ka moekolohe, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike e hiki ana kēia. ʻAʻole like ka neʻe ʻana o ka moekolohe ma mua e like me ia i kēia manawa - nā mea āpau a i ʻole mea ʻole ... "
ʻO Dr. Lisa Diamond, APA Emeritus a me LGBT kākoʻo, koi aku i nā mea hoʻoikaika e hōʻole i ka moʻolelo o ka "innate" a me ka "paʻa" i ka moe kolohe:
"Aia ka manawa e haʻalele i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i hānau ʻia ai mākou me ke ʻano ʻole a loli. E kūʻē nō kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa iā mākou, no ka mea, ua lawa ka ʻike e ʻike nei ko mākou mau hoa kūʻē ma mua o mākou. He ʻano hiʻohiʻona ka ʻano like kanaka. ”.
ʻO Kauka Dean Bird, ʻo ka pelekikena mua o ka ʻAha ʻaha ʻ Nationaliwi no ke aʻo ʻana a me ka Therapy o ka Homosexuality hewa APA ma ka hoʻopunipuni ʻepekema:
"Ua lilo ka APA i hui kālai'āina me kahi papahana gay activist ma kāna mau puke kūhelu, ʻoiai ʻo ia e pili ana iā ia iho he hui ʻepekema e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻike ʻepekema ma ke ʻano nonpartisan. Hoʻopau ka APA i nā haʻawina a me nā loiloi noiʻi e hōʻole i kona kūlana kulekele a hoʻoweliweli i nā lālā i loko o kona mau lālā e kūʻē nei i kēia hana ʻino i ke kaʻina hana ʻepekema. He nui ka poʻe i koi ʻia e noho mālie no ka makaʻu i ka lilo ʻana o ko lākou kūlana ʻoihana, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe a ua hōʻino ʻia ko lākou inoa - ʻaʻole no ka nele o kā lākou noiʻi ʻana a i ʻole ka waiwai - akā no ka mea ua kūʻē nā hopena i ka "kulekele.".
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo LGBT ma waho o ka licentiousness pololei a pono e wāwahi ʻia e ka ʻepekema.