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, Purezidenti wakale wa APA, amalankhula za momwe amtundu wa LGBT adalanda ulamuliro mu APA ndikuwanyengerera pazolinga zawo zandale, kuwonetsetsa kuti kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha sikumveka bwino. Amachita kafukufuku wosankha, ndipo amaletsa zotsatira zonse zomwe sizigwirizana 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, APA Emeritus ndi membala wa 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 yasanduka bungwe la ndale lomwe lili ndi ndondomeko yolimbikitsa anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha m'mabuku ake, ngakhale amadziimba mlandu ngati bungwe la sayansi lomwe limapereka umboni wa sayansi mopanda tsankho. APA imapondereza maphunziro ndi zowunikira zomwe zimatsutsa malingaliro ake ndikuwopseza mamembala omwe amatsutsana ndi nkhanza zasayansi izi. Ambiri adakakamizika kukhala chete kuopa kuchotsedwa ntchito, ena adasalidwa ndipo mbiri yawo idaonongeka - osati chifukwa kafukufuku wawo analibe ukadaulo kapena phindu - koma chifukwa zotsatira zake zidasemphana ndi "ndondomeko" yomwe idanenedwa..