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For a long time, gay people were considered mentally ill. They were subjected to lobotomies and chemical castration. At the urging of a student, research psychologist Evelyn Hooker decided to test this theory. Ryan Warner has the story of a straight ally who grew up on Colorado's Eastern Plains and studied at CU Boulder.