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John Fryer National 50th Anniversary Celebration

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5/2/2022 7:30pm - 9:00pm

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John Fryer Historic Marker 13th and Locust

United States

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On May 2, 1972, John E. Fryer, M.D., a Philadelphia-based psychiatrist, participated on the Homosexuality Panel at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting. Wearing a mask, using a voice modulator and appearing under the pseudonym Dr. Henry Anonymous, John Fryer challenged the APA’s classification of homosexuality as a mental illness. He began his testimony by declaring himself a psychiatrist and a homosexual. Were he not disguised, his license would have been revoked and his career destroyed.

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Ella Torrey

Ella

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Ms. Torrey was a graduate of Moorestown Friends School. Ms. Torrey’s focus was on modern dance and English at Bennington College, but she left Martha Graham and Shakespeare behind after graduation and pursued an interest in international relations. She soon found her way to the United Nations, newly created in 1945, where she served its prime charter aims of maintaining international peace, fundamental human rights and the equal rights of men, women and nations. She spent the next 50 years of her career working toward these goals.

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