Kanema mu Chingerezi

Dr. Robert Spitzer, yemwe adasiyanitsa kugonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha pagulu la zovuta za malingaliro muupangiri wofufuzira wa APA, akuti oyambitsa zachiwerewere amafalitsa dala chinyengo ngati gawo la malingaliro awo andale: 

"Opanduka adaganiza zouza anthu kuti sangasinthe. Ndikumvetsa kuti izi zimawathandiza ndale, koma sizowona. ”

Dr. Nicholas Cummings, pulezidenti wakale wa APA, akufotokoza momwe omenyera ufulu wa LGBT * adalamulira APA ndikuigwiritsa ntchito kuti akwaniritse zolinga zawo zandale, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha sikufufuzidwa bwino. Amapanga kafukufuku wosankha ndikupondereza zotsatira zilizonse zomwe sizikugwirizana ndi mapulani awo. 

"Pomwe tidapanga chisankho chothana ndi kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, palibe amene amadziwa kuti izi zichitika. Gulu logonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha silinali lamphamvu panthawiyo - zonse kapena ayi ... "

Dr. Lisa Diamond, Mnzake wa APA komanso wolankhulira gulu la LGBT*, akupempha omenyera ufulu kuti akane nthano ya "chibadwa" ndi "chokhazikika" chogonana: 

“Yakwana nthawi yoti tisiyane kuti tinabadwa motero ndipo sitingasinthe. Kutsutsana uku kutitembenukira, chifukwa tsopano pali chidziwitso chokwanira chomwe omwe adani athu samadziwa kuposa momwe timadziwira. Kusiyanasiyana ndi mbali ya kugonana kwa anthu. ”.

Dr. Dean bird, Purezidenti wakale wa National Association for the Study and Therapy of Homosexuality, adzalangidwa APA mu chinyengo cha sayansi:

“APA yakhala bungwe lazandale lokhala ndi pulogalamu yolimbikitsa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha m'mabuku ake, ngakhale imadziyimira ngati bungwe la sayansi lomwe limafotokoza umboni wasayansi mosakondera. APA imapondereza maphunziro ndi kuwunika kwa kafukufuku komwe kumatsutsa malingaliro ake andale ndikuwopseza mamembala ake omwe amatsutsana ndi nkhanza za sayansi. Ambiri adakakamizidwa kuti azikhala chete kuti asatayike pantchito yawo, ena adasalidwa ndipo mbiri yawo idawonongeka, osati chifukwa kafukufuku wawo adalibe kulondola kapena phindu, koma chifukwa zotsatira zawo zinali zosemphana ndi "mfundo" zovomerezeka ".