81 Words" is an episode of the popular public radio program, This American Life, which is broadcast from Chicago Public Radio. This episode was originally aired January 18, 2002. The episode is narrated by Alix Spiegel, who was the recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award, the Livingston Award, and the Dupont Award.

2002年1月18日 · In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declared that homosexuality was not a disease simply by changing the 81-word definition of sexual deviance in its own reference manual. It was a change that attracted a lot of attention at the time, but the story of what led up to that change is one that we hear today, from reporter Alix Spiegel.

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This is the story of a definition, three single sentences composed of 81 words. It's the story of how this particular definition became another definition, nine sentences, composed of 237 words. Now according to some parties, this change from 81 words to …

The 81 Words Flash Fiction Anthology is a book containing 1,000 stories written by 1,000 authors, published by Victorina Press. This world record-breaking collection results from seven years of hard work and the generosity of writers living all over the world - a truly global collaboration.

2020年7月20日 · Until 1974, the medical establishment considered gay people sexually deviant and diagnosed them as mentally ill. 81 Words tells the true story of gay activists Kameny an Gittings who risked their...

81 Words tells the true story of gay activists, Kameny and Gittings, who risked their career and reputation to conspire with GAYPA - a clandestine group of psychiatrists - and challenge the American Psychiatric Association's definition of homosexuality.

2011年12月24日 · It's the story of a closeted cartel of powerful, gay psychiatrists; of confrontations with angry activists; a shrink dressed in a Nixon mask, and a pivotal encounter in a Hawaiian bar. This is the story of a definition. Three single sentences composed of 81 words.

It's a story of intrigue and suspense, involving a super-secret group of closeted APA members calling themselves the GAYPA, a pivotal conversation in a Hawaiian tiki bar, and a pitched battle which one side saw as a fight for liberation, and the other saw as a defense of &quotthe; basic code and concept of life."