Lillian Faderman Quotes

In California, There Was Atascadero State Hospital, Constructed In 1954 At The Cost To Taxpayers Of Over $10 Million (almost $110 Million In Today's Money). Atascadero Was A Maximum-security Psychiatric Prison On The Central Coast Where Mentally Disordered Male Lawbreakers [including Homosexuals] From All Over California Were Incarcerated. Inmates Were Treated At Atascadero By A Variety Of Methods, Including Electroconvulsive Therapy; Lobotomy; Sterilization, And Hormone Injections. Anectine Was Used Often For 'behavior Modification.' It Was A Muscle Relaxant, Which Gave The Person To Whom It Was Administered The Sensation Of Choking Or Drowning, While He Received The Message From The Doctor That If He Didn't Change His Behavior He Would Die (10).

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