About the book: year / "The American scientific journal "Intolerance and Psychopathology" published the article "Toward a General Diagnosis for Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia“, [1] which called on psychiatrists to consider racism, sexism and homophobia as acute mental illnesses subject to compulsory treatment." On June 21, 2011, Russian experts sent to the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church Church at the Council of Europe report on the topic “On the right to a critical assessment of homosexuality and on legal restrictions on the imposition of homosexuality.” The document was prepared by Doctors of Law M.N. Kuznetsov, I.V. Ponkin and N.A. Mikhaleva. Earlier, on May 17 of this year, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), T. Jagland, announced in a statement that on June 23, 2011, it is planned to present a report by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, on the topic “Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe.” » with an analysis of the socio-legal situation regarding sexual minorities in the CE member countries. In addition, he emphasized that, based on this report, the Council of Europe plans to develop in the second half of the year an assistance program for European countries entitled “Combating discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity».