ABSTRACT
Based on the breadth of the previous chapter, this chapter will continue to go beyond Psychology and expand its analysis out to Sociology and other social sciences. In this chapter the life and work of Mary McIntosh is central. As a sociologist and an active member of the Gay Liberation Front, McIntosh exemplifies the arguments of the book so far about such borders of academia and activism being blurry. In exploring the late 1960s and 1970s more in depth the shift of context is explored. In centering McIntosh, it is possible to see how previously many threads of history which have been covered in the book so far are tangled with other areas. For example, the Minorities Research Group and the advice of Evelyn Hooker come into play, as do the activities of the counter-psychiatry sub-group of the Gay Liberation Front. This chapter demonstrates how far the spokes of influence from Psychology can go and to what extent Psychology can be influenced. Or should that be how far the ink from ink blots are able to spread?
