Abstract

The conventional history of psychology’s engagement with sexualities describes the gradual progression from the darkness of unscientific prejudice, in which psychology theorized homosexuality as sick and/or perverse, to the sunny uplands of rigorous, evidence-based research (Kitzinger 1987: 8). Using sound data, testable theory, and more enlightened attitudes, psychologists now value people with differing sexualities as normal and healthy members of a pluralistic society, with LGBTQ psychology committed to sexual emancipation, self-affirmation, and the eradication of homophobia.