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217 Boxes at the Painted Bride a courageous mystery man who changed history May 5, 2016 by Tirdad Derakhshani
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Z 1231 .P2 no. 251
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Derakhshani, Tirdad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gordon, Ain playwright.
- Gordon, Ain.
- Fryer, John Ercel, (Doctor Anonymous) psychiatrist.
- Fryer, John Ercel.
- Gay men--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Gay men.
- American Psychiatric Association.
- Psychiatry.
- Psychiatrists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Psychiatrists.
- Gay liberation movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Gay liberation movement.
- Theater--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Theater.
- Painted Bride Arts Center.
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- p. 1-11 : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Edition:
- "Updated: May 5, 2016--10:04 AM EDT"
- Contained In:
- Philadelphia inquirer (May 5, 2016)
- Place of Publication:
- May 5, 2016
- 2016
- Summary:
- An article about a play by Ain Gordon, performed at Philadelphia's Painted Bride Arts Center, about John Fryer (who testified in disguise at the 1972 APA convention in Dallas stating "I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist."). His testimony lead the way to the APA taking homosexuality off of its list of psychiatric disorders. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania holds the John Fryer Papers. This play is based on the material from those papers.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Photocopy. Philadelphia, Pa. : Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 2016.
- OCLC:
- 948811559
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