{{Short description|American psychiatrist}} '''Richard Colestock Pillard''' (born 11 October 1933) is a professor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine. He was the first openly gay psychiatrist in the United States.<ref name="mass1990">Mass L (1990). Homophobia on the couch: A conversation with Richard Pillard, first openly gay psychiatrist in the United States. in ''Homosexuality and Sexuality: Dialogues of the Sexual Revolution—Volume I (Gay & Lesbian Studies)''. Haworth Press, {{ISBN|0918393892}}</ref>
==Early life and family==
Pillard was born in Springfield, Ohio. He briefly attended Swarthmore College before transferring to Antioch College, where his father Basil H. Pillard was an English professor.<ref name="jerome">Judson Jerome (Mar., 1958). Departure: Basil Pillard, 1895-1957. ''College English'', Vol. 19, No. 6, Poetry and Professors Issue, p. 240</ref> Pillard received his B.A. from Antioch.<ref name="lynch">Paul E. Lynch (2003). An Interview with Richard C. Pillard, MD. ''Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy'' Volume: 7 Issue: 4</ref>
Chandler Burr reported that Pillard jokes "he is uniquely equipped to investigate whether homosexuality has a biological basis: he, his brother, and his sister are gay, and Pillard believes that his father may have been gay. One of Pillard's three daughters from a marriage early in life is bisexual. This family history seems to invite a biological explanation, and it made Pillard start thinking about the origins of sexual orientation."<ref name="burr">Burr, Chandler (June 1997). [https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199706/homosexuality-biology/ Homosexuality and biology.] ''The Atlantic Monthly''</ref>
He and biologist James D. Weinrich co-authored a paper which found that homosexuality runs in some families.<ref name="talan">Talan, Jamie (August 19, 1986). Of Gays And Gay Siblings. ''Newsday''</ref>
== Publications == <div class="small"> *Lane HL, Pillard RC, Hedberg U (2011). ''The People of the Eye: Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry.'' Oxford University Press US, {{ISBN|978-0-19-975929-3}} *{{cite journal | last1 = Dawood | first1 = K | last2 = Pillard | first2 = RC | last3 = Horvath | first3 = C | last4 = Revelle | first4 = W | last5 = Bailey | first5 = JM | date = Apr 2000 | title = Familial aspects of male homosexuality | url = | journal = Arch Sex Behav | volume = 29 | issue = 2| pages = 155–63 | pmid = 10842723 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Bailey | first1 = JM | last2 = Pillard | first2 = RC | last3 = Dawood | first3 = K | last4 = Miller | first4 = MB | last5 = Farrer | first5 = LA | last6 = Trivedi | first6 = S | last7 = Murphy | first7 = RL | date = Mar 1999 | title = A family history study of male sexual orientation using three independent samples | url = | journal = Behav Genet | volume = 29 | issue = 2| pages = 79–86 | doi = 10.1023/A:1021652204405 | pmid = 10405456 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Bailey | first2 = JM | date = Apr 1998 | title = Human sexual orientation has a heritable component | url = | journal = Hum Biol | volume = 70 | issue = 2| pages = 347–65 | pmid = 9549243 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Bailey | first2 = JM | date = Mar 1995 | title = A biologic perspective on sexual orientation | url = | journal = Psychiatr Clin North Am | volume = 18 | issue = 1| pages = 71–84 | pmid = 7761309 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Snyder | first1 = PJ | last2 = Weinrich | first2 = JD | last3 = Pillard | first3 = RC | date = Aug 1994 | title = Personality and lipid level differences associated with homosexual and bisexual identity in men | url = | journal = Arch Sex Behav | volume = 23 | issue = 4| pages = 433–51 | pmid = 7993184 }} * {{cite journal | pmid = 8310108 | volume=55 | title=Psychopathology and social functioning in men prenatally exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) | year=1993 | journal=Psychosom Med | pages=485–91 | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Rosen | first2 = LR | last3 = Meyer-Bahlburg | first3 = H | display-authors = etal}} *{{cite journal | last1 = Bailey | first1 = JM | last2 = Pillard | first2 = RC | last3 = Neale | first3 = MC | last4 = Agyei | first4 = Y | date = Mar 1993 | title = Heritable factors influence sexual orientation in women | url = | journal = Arch Gen Psychiatry | volume = 50 | issue = 3| pages = 217–23 | pmid = 8439243 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Weinrich | first1 = JD | last2 = Snyder | first2 = PJ | last3 = Pillard | first3 = RC | last4 = Grant | first4 = I | last5 = Jacobson | first5 = DL | last6 = Robinson | first6 = SR | last7 = McCutchan | first7 = JA | date = Apr 1993 | title = A factor analysis of the Klein sexual orientation grid in two disparate samples | url = | journal = Arch Sex Behav | volume = 22 | issue = 2| pages = 157–68 | pmid = 8476335 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Bailey | first1 = JM | last2 = Pillard | first2 = RC | date = Dec 1991 | title = A genetic study of male sexual orientation | url = | journal = Arch Gen Psychiatry | volume = 48 | issue = 12| pages = 1089–96 | pmid = 1845227 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Tuttle | first1 = GE | last2 = Pillard | first2 = RC | date = Jun 1991 | title = Sexual orientation and cognitive abilities | url = | journal = Arch Sex Behav | volume = 20 | issue = 3| pages = 307–18 | pmid = 2059149 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Weinrich | first2 = JD | date = Aug 1986 | title = Evidence of familial nature of male homosexuality | url = | journal = Arch Gen Psychiatry | volume = 43 | issue = 8| pages = 808–12 | pmid = 3729676 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Poumadere | first2 = J | last3 = Carretta | first3 = RA | date = Dec 1982 | title = A family study of sexual orientation | url = | journal = Arch Sex Behav | volume = 11 | issue = 6| pages = 511–20 | pmid = 6760832 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Poumadere | first2 = J | last3 = Carretta | first3 = RA | date = Oct 1981 | title = Is homosexuality familial? A review, some data, and a suggestion | url = | journal = Arch Sex Behav | volume = 10 | issue = 5| pages = 465–75 | pmid = 7032464 }} *Lane HL, Pillard RC (1978). ''The Wild Boy of Burundi: a study of an outcast child.'' Random House, {{ISBN|978-0-394-41252-8}} * {{cite journal | pmid = 1109838 | volume=16 | title=Chlordiazepoxide and phenobarbital in a model anxiety-inducing situation | year=1975 | journal=Compr Psychiatry | pages=97–101 | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Fisher | first2 = S}} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = McNair | first2 = DM | last3 = Fisher | first3 = S | year = 1974 | title = Does marijuana enhance experimentally induced anxiety? | url = | journal = Psychopharmacologia | volume = 40 | issue = 3| pages = 205–10 | pmid = 4445449 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Rose | first2 = RM | last3 = Sherwood | first3 = M | date = Sep 1974 | title = Plasma testosterone levels in homosexual men | url = | journal = Arch Sex Behav | volume = 3 | issue = 5| pages = 453–8 | pmid = 4415098 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | date = Mar 1973 | title = Shall we allow heroin maintenance? | url = | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 288 | issue = 13| pages = 682–3 | pmid = 4687260 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM197303292881311 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | date = Apr 1971 | title = Authors and editors: mutual responsibility | url = | journal = Am J Psychiatry | volume = 127 | issue = 10| pages = 1420–1 | pmid = 5549943 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Meyer | first1 = RE | last2 = Pillard | first2 = RC | last3 = Shapiro | first3 = LM | last4 = Mirin | first4 = SM | date = Aug 1971 | title = Administration of marijuana to heavy and casual marijuana users | url = | journal = Am J Psychiatry | volume = 128 | issue = 2| pages = 198–204 | pmid = 4939591 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Mirin | first1 = SM | last2 = Shapiro | first2 = LM | last3 = Meyer | first3 = RE | last4 = Pillard | first4 = RC | last5 = Fisher | first5 = S | date = Mar 1971 | title = Casual versus heavy use of marijuana: a redefinition of the marijuana problem | url = | journal = Am J Psychiatry | volume = 127 | issue = 9| pages = 1134–40 | pmid = 5100604 }} * {{cite journal | pmid = 4913364 | doi=10.1056/NEJM197008062830606 | volume=283 | title=Marihuana | date=August 1970 | journal=N. Engl. J. Med. | pages=294–303 | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC}} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Fisher | first2 = S | date = Jun 1970 | title = Aspects of anxiety in dental clinic patients | url = | journal = J Am Dent Assoc | volume = 80 | issue = 6| pages = 1331–4 | pmid = 5266124 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Pillard | first1 = RC | last2 = Fisher | first2 = S | year = 1967 | title = Effects of chlordiazepoxide and secobarbital on film-induced anxiety | url = | journal = Psychopharmacologia | volume = 12 | issue = 1| pages = 18–23 | pmid = 6081323 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = McNair | first1 = DM | last2 = Droppleman | first2 = LF | last3 = Pillard | first3 = RC | date = Jan 1967 | title = Differential sensitivity of two palmar sweat measures | url = | journal = Psychophysiology | volume = 3 | issue = 3| pages = 280–4 | pmid = 5341532 }} *{{cite journal | last1 = Globus | first1 = GG | last2 = Pillard | first2 = RC | date = Fall 1966 | title = Tausk's Influencing Machine and Kafka's In the Penal Colony | url = | journal = Am Imago | volume = 23 | issue = 3| pages = 191–207 | pmid = 5334128 }} </div>
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