There was a time not too long ago where simply being gay was considered to be not only a “sexual perversion” but also a “paraphilic disorder” by the psychiatric community.

That was a brief time well contained within the 20th century.

For those who have no idea what you are talking about.

Nazis rifling through books about sex and gender May 6 1933:

which were disposed of thusly May 11, 1933:

• Institut für Sexualwissenschaft - Wikipedia
• The Burning of the Books
• LGBTQ Institute in Germany Was Burned Down by Nazis
• The Forgotten History of the World’s First Trans Clinic