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Berzon, Betty was born on January 18, 1928 in St. Louis. Daughter of Irvin and Eva (Zarfas) Berzon.
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Berzon, Betty was born on January 18, 1928 in St. Louis. Daughter of Irvin and Eva (Zarfas) Berzon.
Bachelor in Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1957. Master of Science in Psychology, California State University, San Diego, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, International College, Los Angeles, 1978.
She was among the first psychotherapists to assist gay clients. After coming out as gay in 1968, she began providing therapy to gays and lesbians. In 1971, during a University of California, Los Angeles conference called "The Homosexual in America," Berzon became the first psychotherapist in the country to come out as gay to the public.
Also in 1971, she organized the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center as well as an organization of gays and lesbians within the American Psychiatric Association (the Gay Psychological Association, now known as the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues).
The APA declassified homosexuality as a mental illness two years later. She then obtained her master"s degree from San Diego State University in 1962.
Berzon"s books included Positively Gay (1979), Permanent Partners (1988), and The Intimacy Dance (1996). Berzon also wrote a personal memoir, Surviving Madness, a Therapist"s Own Story (2002) in which she discussed her previous suicide attempt and institutionalization.
The book received the Lambda Literary Award for best lesbian memoir in 2003.
Foreign many years, she wrote an advice column on gay relationships for PlanetOut.com. Berzon later became president of the national Gay Academic Union. Berzon also served on the boards of many gay organizations, including the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center (1972-1975), the Whtman-Radclyffe Foundation (1976-1977), the Gay Academic Union (1977-1979), the National Gay Rights Advocates (1979-1984), and the Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (1984-1994).
Berzon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1986.
She was treated by mastectomy and her cancer remained in remission for many years. The cancer returned in 2001, and Berzon died on January 24, 2006.
In 2007 Ventura Place in Studio City was renamed Doctor Betty Berzon Place in her honor, making it the first street ever officially dedicated to a known lesbian in California. Also in 2007 the LGBT magazine The Advocate named Berzon one of 40 "heroes."
In 2013 the Lambda Literary Foundation launched the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award, an award for young LGBT writers who have published at least one book in any genre of literature, which is presented as part of the Lambda Literary Awards program
The Betty Berzon Papers (1928-2006) are Col12011.004 at the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
The Betty Berzon Papers (1972-1979) are Collection Number 7312 at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at the Cornell University Library.
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Training consultant Gay Community Superior vena cava syndrome Center, Los Angeles, board directors, 1972-1975. Training consultant Metro Community Church, 1971-1973. Board directors Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation, 1976-1977, executive vice president, 1976.
Board supervisors West Hollywood Advisory Council, 1975-1977. Board directors National Gay Rights Advisers, others Member Gay Academy Union (national president 1977-1979).
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