Homosexuality pulled from Alberta disorders guide

alp227

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Wed Dec-22-10 04:39 PM
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Homosexuality pulled from Alberta disorders guide

Source: CBC News

Alberta has removed homosexuality from its diagnostic guide to mental-health disorders.

Alberta Health and Wellness Minister Gene Zwozdesky ordered the section of the document removed Tuesday after a reporter brought the issue to the province's attention, said Andy Weiler, a department spokesman.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/12/22/edmonton-homosexuality-mental-disorder.html

YA RLY! Besides, a long-ignored California law from 1950 considers homosexuality to be deviant behavior too.

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Smashcut

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Wed Dec-22-10 06:15 PM
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1. Please tell me this was just an oversight.

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Posteritatis

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Wed Dec-22-10 07:55 PM
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2. Probably a somewhat-deliberate one given the area

I do appreciate how unambiguous Zwozdesky's response was though.

Good lord are there a lot of deleted comments on that article.

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Endangered Specie

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Wed Dec-22-10 08:50 PM
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3. Not likely... Alberta is basically Canada's Montana

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