{"value"=>"<p>Mass interviews psychiatrist Dr. Stu Nichols about his childhood in Virginia, his discovery of his sexual identity, his issues with his own Catholicism, his discharge from the military on the basis of homosexuality, his work as a psychiatrist treating drug addiction in New York, his role as a one of the founders of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists (originally the Caucus of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Members of the American Psychiatric Association). Nichols was the subject of Mass' 2003 article, \"Papa Bear: Remembering Stuart E. Nichols, Jr., MD (1936–2002),\" published in the <span class=\"title\">Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy</span>.</p>"}