As the oldest national LGBT civil rights organization, the Task Force builds the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from the ground up.
The American Psychiatric Association begins classifying homosexuality as a mental disorder. While talk therapy is the predominant method used as a “cure,” other forms of treatment included nausea-inducing drugs and electric shock therapy.
The Task Force works to change the American Psychiatric Association's classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, and, with psychiatrist allies, defeats a proposed association-wide referendum to stop the declassification.
Love In Action, the first ex-gay ministry is founded in San Rafael, CA, with the mission of restoring “those trapped in sexual and relational sin through the power of Jesus Christ.”
The Task Force lobbies for the successful ruling by the U.S. Civil Service Commission allowing gay people to serve in government employment.
Exodus International is founded. It is thought to be the largest “ex-gay” group in existence.
The Task Force successfully lobbies the U.S. Public Health Service to stop certifying gay immigrants as "psychopathic personalities."
The Task Force successfully lobbied the U.S. Public Health Service to stop certifying gay immigrants as "psychopathic personalities."
14-year old Lyn Duff comes out to her mother and is then forcibly taken to Rivendell Psychiatric Center in Utah to undergo conversion therapy.
After 168 days of incarceration, Lyn Duff escapes to live on the streets of San Francisco. Later that year, she wins emancipation from her mother and is adopted by a lesbian couple. She is now a well-respected journalist covering stories around the world, including Haiti and Africa.
The Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force along with Political Research Associates and Equal Partners in Faith publish “Calculated compassion: How the ex-gay movement serves the right’s attack on democracy." The report finds that these “ex-gay” organizations practice calculated compassion. They publicly portray themselves as a haven for "hope and healing for homosexuals but in reality, it’s just camouflage for the Christian Right. Read the full report here: http://thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/CalculatedCompassion.pdf
The “Truth in Love” campaign is launched by Coral Ridge Ministries and the Center for Reclaiming America. On Mother’s Day, they begin airing a TV ad featuring a mother talking about her “ex-gay” son’s struggle with homosexuality.
In response to a Focus on the Family sponsored conference promoting “reparative therapy” programs in public schools, the Just the Facts coalition is formed, consisting of national education, health, mental health and religious organizations, including the APA.
John Paulk, Chairman of Exodus International is removed from their board for “engaging in behavior which has negatively impacted the credibility of Exodus.” The previous month, Paulk was noticed at a well-known Washington, D.C., gay bar flirting with men. When recognized and confronted by patrons, he said he was gay.
National Religious Leadership Roundtable Responds to Anti-Gay Reparative Therapy, denouncing ministries’ use of fear, guilt and shame to change someone’s sexual orientation as unethical.
The Task Force Responds to the flawed Spitzer study on the “Reparative Therapy” citing tainted and biased data.
Michael Schroeder and Ariel Shidlo release the findings of a long term study that contradict the Spitzer study.
The Policy Institute releases "A Report from “Love Won Out: Addressing, Understanding, and Preventing Homosexuality.”
Zachary Stark, a teenager who was forced to attend Refuge, a Tennessee “ex-gay” camp run by Love in Action, makes waves by posting the camp’s rules online.
The Task Force Policy Institute releases a report that reveals the ex-gay movement's new tactic of targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual youth for "conversion-therapy" and "preventive" measures.
Renewed efforts from reparative therapy and “ex-gay ministry” advocates to receive “equal time” in schools prompts the Just the Facts Coalition to update and publish a second edition of “Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation & Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators, & School Personnel.”
The Task Force opposes the nomination of Dr. James Holsinger for U.S. surgeon general, citing abuse of power within the United Methodist Church to block faithful gay and lesbian Christians and for promoting reparative therapy. Holsinger’s nomination was never voted on in the Senate.
PFLAG protests Focus on the Family’s 50th Love Won Out conference
The Task Force applauds the American Psychological Association’s resolution, stating that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change sexual orientation through therapy or other treatments.
LGBT people and their families win out when Focus on the Family closes down its controversial “Love Won Out” program – which claimed to “change” the sexual orientation of gay people - because of budget troubles.
Clear Channel removes Exodus International from its referral system and removes links to Exodus from its website in response to community outcry over a controversial radio show that referred a caller to their program.
Exodus International releases an iPhone app “designed to be a useful resource for men, women, parents, students, and ministry leaders.”
Anderson Cooper runs a special report “The Sissy Boy Experiment” about Kirk Murphy who endured conversion therapy as a child only to commit suicide at the age of 38.
The Nation writes an article about Michelle Bachmann’s husband’s clinics and their practice of “ex-gay” therapy.
Ann Coulter appears on the Joy Behar Show and endorses reparative therapy.
Americans for the Truth about Homosexuality stage a protest outside of Willow Creek Church in Illinois over the decision of the Church to break ties with “ex-gay” mega-ministry Exodus International.
Love in Action ends its program of “ex-gay” therapy conducted in live-in residential facilities.
The Task Force launches the “Fix This, Not Me” campaign aimed at raising awareness against so-called reparative therapy to “fix” LGBT individuals.
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