Starting in 1973, homosexuality was no longer considered a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used by most psychiatrists. When Pence made his comments in the 90s, the American Psychological Association and other mental health groups had already established findings that contradict his claims.
Pence's past claim that being gay is a choice or learned behavior contradicted psychological research that existed at the time Vice-President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence pose for a photo with Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and his partner Dr.Matt Barrett at Farmleigh House in Dublin, Ireland September 3, 2019.
