[6] In 1973, she and Charles Silverstein were prominent in the successful effort to removed homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental disorders.

[7][8] She and Silverstein co-founded Identity House, a peer counseling program in New York.

[6] In 1976 she started a lesbian writers' group with some of her patients, including Audre Lorde, Blanche Cook, Michelle Cliff, and Adrienne Rich.

[12] Goodman served on the board of the National Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation (NLGHF).

[14][15] She was a keynote speaker at the National Gay Health Conference in New York City in 1979.