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The history and lived experience of gay life are punctuated by "shocking" realities—from the brutality of early medical "cures" to the systemic erasure of queer voices from history. The Shock of Early "Cures"

: Patients were subjected to electroconvulsive shocks while being shown erotic images to create a painful association with their desire. shocking free gay

Before the 1970s, homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder. To "fix" what they deemed deviancy, psychiatrists used methods that are now considered torture: The history and lived experience of gay life

: In Sydney, Australia, attackers have used dating apps to lure gay teenagers into ambushes, filming themselves assaulting the victims. To "fix" what they deemed deviancy, psychiatrists used

: Some doctors, like Austrian endocrinologist Eugen Steinach, believed gay men simply lacked "masculine" hormones and performed testicle transplantations —castrating gay men and replacing their organs with those of "heterosexual" donors.