Movie

Cured

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6.81average critics score, out of 1020201h 22m

DocumentaryLGBTQ+History

In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its manual of mental illnesses. Treated as victims of a mental disorder -- pathological, deviant, "sick" -- gay and lesbian men and women could not progress towards equality in a meaningful way if their very existence was something that needed a cure. Follow the journey of this pivotal moment in queer history through newly unearthed archival footage and eyewitness accounts from the activists and allies who fought to change an insidious bias within a profession, and in doing so broke ground to reframe not only how a community was seen, but how it saw itself.

Directed by:

Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer