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Uniforms and Costumes by Pierre business card, circa 1972
Uniforms and Costumes by Pierre business card, circa 1972
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Uniforms and Costumes by Pierre business card, circa 1972

Permanent ID:
14054
Date:
1972
Image Description:
Business card for a Philadelphia costume rental business found in the John Fryer collection.  Fryer appeared in costume as "Dr. H. Anonymous" during the American Psychiatric Association's 1972 Annual Meeting to discuss being gay and a psychiatrist.  This speech is cited as an important step in the removal of homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
Address:
1113 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Printed Matter
Collection:
John E. Fryer papers
Library of Congress Subjects:
Gay rights [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh94009215]
American Psychiatric Association. Work Group to Revise DSM-III [info:lc/authorities/names/n86063442]
Fryer, John, 1937-2003 [info:lc/authorities/names/no2003035427]