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"Same-Sex Behavior Has Been Around Forever," Dr. Vernon Rosario Discusses the Medicalization of Sexuality and LGBTQ+ Psychiatry
To end our Winter 23 season, we’re so happy to welcome Dr. Vernon Rosario who has written extensively for The Gay and Lesbian Review! Rosario is a historian of science and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and joins Andrew to talk about the intersection between the LGBTQ+ community and psychiatry. Vernon and Andrew mention an array of historical figures such as Foucault, Freud, and Kinsey in their discussion. Is Freud still relevant among psychiatrists today?
Vernon dives into the climate of queer studies in the 90s– which was…
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