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The relationship between '''homosexuality and medical science''' has a long and controversial history, covering many countries and stretching across a wide sprectrum of specialities, from [[psychology]] to [[epistemology]] to [[genetics]]. This article seeks to provide a brief summary of this history and a deal with some of the issues regarding [[homosexuality]] and [[medical science]].

==History==

The real history of homosexuality and medical science begins with the European [[sexology|sexologist]] movement which eventually spawned modern psychology. For a detailed discussion of this please see the article '[[Homosexuality and psychology]]'.

===World War II===

The period from the start of the [[twentieth century]] and [[World War II]] saw a period of sexual liberation, particularly for homosexuals. However, this was all to change with the rise of [[Fascism]] in Europe, particularly in [[Germany]]. The [[Nazi]] Party made use of medical science for the physical profiling to classify various races and 'criminal types', in particular homosexuality. This was perhaps the first modern attempt to make a non-psychological diagnosis of the 'homosexual condition'.

(contracted; show full)===Lesbianism===

It is worth noting that [[lesbianism|lesbians]] are less at risk of exposure to sexual disease than many other groups.

==External Links==

* [http://www.suphawut.com/gvb/gayly/ A Gay History of the World]
* [http://www.affirmation.org/jeff.htm  Homosexuality: A Psychiatrist's Response to LDS Social Services]