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Question for: Jun 23, 2024

Fearing retribution, Dr. John Fryer gave a speech at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) convention in 1972 as Dr. [BLANK] Anonymous while wearing a wig and a mask that is sometimes described as Nixon-like. The speech began: "I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist." That impassioned speech would lead the APA to reverse a century-old position and declare a year later that homosexuality was not a mental disorder. What common first name fills in the blank?

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