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Abstract
This interview with Robert Cabaj, MD, is presented as part of the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health's Oral History Series. Dr. Cabaj is a San Francisco psychiatrist who has played a significant role in advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) mental health through writing, teaching, and advocacy. Dr. Cabaj speaks about his life and career, about progress over time for LGBT people generally and for LGBT psychiatrists, and the work he has done toward that progress.
Notes
1. For more on Dr. Cabaj's advocacy within APA, see Cabaj, R. (2009). Strike while the iron is hot: Science, social forces, and ego-dystonic homosexuality. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 13(2), 87–93.
2. Richard Pillard, MD, is a psychiatrist and research scientist from Boston, Mass., noted for his studies of concordance of sexual identity in families. See also Lynch, P. (2003). An interview with Richard Pillard. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 7(4), 63–70.
3. Lawrence Hartmann, MD, is a psychiatrist and first openly gay APA president. See also Drescher, J. (2006). An interview with Lawrence Hartmann. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 10(1), 123–137.
4. Franklin Kameny is a lifelong and pioneering gay activist (1925–2011). See also Kameny, F. (2009). How it all started. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 13(2), 76–81.
5. Evelyn Hooker, PhD (1907–1996), is a psychologist noted for a 1957 study in which experts were unable to determine subjects’ sexual identities based upon looking at their projective tests.
6. Richard Isay, MD, is a psychiatrist and one of the first openly gay psychoanalysts, author of the groundbreaking book Being Homosexual (see references).