Which of the following is true about homosexuality and mental illness?
A. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) listed homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973.
B. The World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) stopped categorizing homosexuality as a mental illness before it was removed from the DSM.
C. Homosexuality has never officially been considered a mental illness in the United States, though it was still the subject of considerable discrimination.
D. Homosexuality continues to be considered a mental illness by a significant portion of American mental health providers and in dozens of countries worldwide.
Answer: A
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