LGBTQ+ Representation in AHS: Asylum
What do aliens, a texas chainsaw massacre spinoff, and Adam Levine all have in common? That’s right/you guessed it, American Horror Story season two. Today we’ll be going over a brief history and analysis of what it meant to be LGBTQ+ in the 60s and what it took to get admitted into a psych ward, as well as Sarah Paulson’s recurring AHS character, Miss Lana Winters.
Sources
https://www.silive.com/news/2017/01/the_horrors_of_willowbrook_sta.html
https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/nurses-institutions-caring/history-of-psychiatric-hospitals/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved
https://www.silive.com/news/2017/01/the_horrors_of_willowbrook_sta.html
https://www.hrc.org/news/flashbackfriday-today-in-1973-the-apa-removed-homosexuality-from-list-of-me
https://www.psychotherapy.net/video/glbt-history
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/conversion-therapy-and-lgbt-youth/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._jurisdictions_banning_conversion_therapy