Season 1: Episode 4: Dr. Evelyn Hooker

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Season 1: Episode 4: Dr. Evelyn Hooker

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Nov 3, 2016

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In 1945 Dr. Evelyn Hooker’s gay friend Sam From urged her to do a study challenging the commonly held belief that homosexuals were by nature mentally ill. It was work that would ultimately strip the “sickness” label from millions of gay men and women and change the course of history.

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Nov 3, 2016

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