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California lobotomizes LGBTQ+ incarcerated people.

Date: 1972

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Over 4,000 incarcerated LGBTQ+ people receive lobotomies at Atascadero State Hospital in California. They are also subjected to experimental treatments, such as electrical and pharmacological shocks.