There is an international movement for people who hear voices.
It began with a group in the Netherlands called "Resonance" which was started by two psychiatrists
it seeks to de stigmatise and end the false medicalization of something that is a normal experience for about 10% of the population.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_Voices_Movement
At least up until the 1970s being LGBT was officially considered mental illness. Just because it was in a book didn't mean it was really so.
It began with a group in the Netherlands called "Resonance" which was started by two psychiatrists
it seeks to de stigmatise and end the false medicalization of something that is a normal experience for about 10% of the population.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_Voices_Movement
At least up until the 1970s being LGBT was officially considered mental illness. Just because it was in a book didn't mean it was really so.