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U.S. Congress issues the report entitled “Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government” is distributed to members of Congress after the federal government had covertly investigated employees’ sexual orientation. The report states that since homosexuality is a mental illness, homosexuals “constitute security risks” to the nation.
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Executive Order 10450 issued by President Dwight D. Eisenhower banning homosexuals from working for the federal government stating they are a security risk. This order stays in place until 1993 when President Bill Clinton and the U.S. Congress enact the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law.
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San Francisco
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"Based on a 1954 meeting of physicians and Anglican clergy, it recommends that homosexual behavior between consenting adults in private no longer be considered a crime (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1985/august-9/homosexual-lifestyle-is-there-way-out.html”) This eventually leads to a change in the laws of GB. -
Illinois became the first state to decriminalize sex in private between two consenting adults
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homosexuals portrayed as mostly sad, mal-adjusted, sexually voracious, and self-loathing
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Pat Nidorf, a Catholic priest from San Diego, forms Dignity, an organization for gay Catholics
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Gay Liberation Front organization formed in New York following the Stonewall Riots to advocate for sexual liberation for all people.
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NYC
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CT reports on the levels of religious acceptance: “The New York Times reported that there are perhaps as many as 200 churches across the country that are known to be congenial to homosexuals.” (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1970/september-11/homosexual-church.html)
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William R. Johnson
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5 MCC churches destroyed
thirty-two people died in New Orleans blaze
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organizations for gay Episcopalians
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Elaine Noble becomes the first openly gay person to be elected as a state legislator; she served in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives for two terms.
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affirming evangelical organization founded by Dr. Ralph Blair
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the first work to present many of the themes that soon became common in the ex-gay testimonies
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largest ex-gay umbrella organization
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1976 – The book, Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A., is written by Jonathan Ned Katz based on his play of 1972. This was the first book that documented gay history in the U.S.
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"Save Our Children, Inc. was an American political coalition formed in 1977 in Miami, Florida, to overturn a recently legislated county ordinance that banned discrimination in areas of housing, employment, and public accommodation based on sexual orientation" (wiki). -
child psychologist Dr. James Dobson founded Focus on the Family with the goal of providing resources that would support heterosexual families
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by Letha Scanzoni and Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
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“After 13 months of work, a United Presbyterian task force declared that the orientation of practicing homosexuals is consistent with the standards of the denomination.” (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1983/april-22/editorial-homosexuals-in-church.html)
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Dr. Beverly LaHaye formed Concerned Women for America to oppose feminism and support traditional gender roles
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The Briggs Initiative, a statewide proposition in California, was defeated by 58% of the voters. The initiative would have banned gays and lesbians from working in California’s public schools.
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In San Francisco, the Rainbow Flag is first flown during the Gay Freedom Parade; the flag becomes a symbol of gay and lesbian pride.
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First ex-gay ministry mentioned though term not used: “Among those groups opposed to the type of view espoused by Integrity was King’s Ministries, a Denver-based group that calls itself a healing ministry for homosexuals" (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1979/october-19/episcopalians-great-debate-on-ordination-of-homosexuals.html)
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Michael Bussee (an Exodus founder) and Gary Cooper (an Exodus leader)
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Chapters of the national organization of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) are founded across the United States.
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National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Over 100,000 people gathered in support of gay and lesbian rights.
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CT reports: “They advertised widely for help, and between 300 and 500 people hit the streets each day passing out tracts and sharing the gospel. Rallies and concerts during the week drew sizable crowds. A local television station carried shots of a morning worship and of a man turning to Christ on Castro Street, in the heart of one of the gay sections. Some 250 new believers were reported..." https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1981/february-6/homosexuals-can-change.html
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"While eight out of ten clergy across the nation reject homosexual relations between consenting adults as sinful (Southern Baptists and conservative evangelicals hold this unanimously), among theological liberals better than one out of four disagree.” (CHRISTIANITY TODAY employed the Gallup organization and its affiliate, the Princeton Religious Research Center, to survey American clergy.)
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Mansell Pattison, chairman of the psychiatry and health behavior department at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta published in December issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, 11 cases of men who claimed to have changed their sexual orientation to where they were sexually attracted to women
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Democrats are the first political party to add “gay rights” to their platform during the Democratic National Convention
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention forms a Task Force on Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections
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Wisconsin becomes the first state to outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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“The National Council of Churches tables a membership application from the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches.”
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May 1983, during a conference in the Netherlands, a European chapter was founded (wiki)
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San Francisco AIDS Foundation co-founded by Cleve Jones, Marcus Conant, Frank Jacobson and Richard Keller.
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a LIFE Ministry seminar drew a crowd of 270 according to CT (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1984/september-21/these-christians-are-helping-gays-escape-from-homosexual.html) date correct?
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CT reports: “Last month 180 people, most of them ex-gays, attended the tenth annual conference of Exodus International, a coalition of some 50 ministries to former homosexuals. This is more than double the number that attended the conference just two years ago.” (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1985/august-9/homosexual-lifestyle-is-there-way-out.html)
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supreme court upheld constitutionality of Georgia law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults
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Elected in late 1980, President Ronald Reagan first mentions the word AIDS in public
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“sexual pressures from Cook during counseling sessions”
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The organization, ACT UP formed in New York. The purpose of ACT UP was to impact the lives of people living with AIDS, to advocate for legislation, medical research and treatment, and to bring an end to the disease. The organization is still active today.
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Organizers display an AIDS memorial quilt for the first time at the National Mall in Washington, DC.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared December 1 as the first World AIDS Day
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Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions, after passing a bill legalizing “registered partnerships” in a 71–47 vote
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Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock band Queen, dies of AIDS.
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National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, secular non-profit
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The U.S. Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” that allowed gay and lesbian people to serve in the military. They would not be asked their sexual orientation during enlistment screening.
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Ellen DeGeneres, a comedian, TV actor and television host was one of the first popular entertainers who publicly came out as a lesbian during an interview on the Oprah Winfrey show and then became the first openly gay character on the TV show, “Ellen.” She was then highlighted on the cover of Time Magazine and other news organizations.
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CDC reports the first substantial decline (47 percent) in AIDS-related deaths in the U.S. compared to 1996, largely due to the use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART.)
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"no published scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of 'reparative therapy' as a treatment to change one's sexual orientation." (1997?)
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Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was brutally attacked and tied to a fence in a field outside of Laramie, Wyo. and left to die because he was gay.
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"We're Stading for the Truth That Homosexuals Can Change"
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John Paulk was prominent ex-gay spokesperson
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a Jewish non-profit organization which offered conversion therapy to persons who sought sexual orientation change now Jewish Institute for Global Awareness (JIFGA)
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British ban against lesbians and gay men serving in the military is lifted.
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"Ex-Gay Watch fact-checks political and religious movements which seek to make gay people straight"
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evangelical psychologist Mark Yarhouse proposed Sexual Identity Therapy, new therapeutic approach intended for those whose religious beliefs precluded same-sex sexual activity
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2003 – Lawrence v. Texas (Supreme Court Decision)
Ruled by a vote of 6-3 that a Kansas law criminalizing gay or lesbian sex was unconstitutional declaring the importance of constitutional liberty and privacy consistent with the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Also overturned the court decision in Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) stating that the court had made the wrong decision. -
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Mark Yarhouse and evangelical psychologist Stanton Jones published a study which indicated that while some ex-gays saw changes in their self-reported identity and behaviors, changes in attractions were negligible
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"provide a place of community for Latter-day Saints who experience homosexual attraction or gender identity incongruence, as well as their family, friends, and ecclesiastical leaders"
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Proposition 8 passes with a 52% yes vote in California declaring that marriage is between a man and a woman
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APA issued a report stating that there is “no evidence for the efficacy” of sexual orientation change attempts, adding that such efforts are “potentially harmful.”
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“Hate Crimes Prevention Act”, a federal law against bias crimes directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people.
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The U.S. Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” so that gay and lesbian people could serve openly in the military. One person present at the signing ceremony in the White House was Frank Kameny who had been released from military service in 1958 because of discriminatory policies against gay and lesbian people.
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“The majority of people that I have met, and I would say the majority, meaning 99.9% of them, have not experienced a change in their orientation...”
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came to reach 50 affiliated member ministries (not sure where at now)
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The Food and Drug Administration approves Truvada to be taken as a daily preventative for those at risk of acquiring HIV as PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). The
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U.S. v. Windsor / Repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act – DOMA (Supreme Court Decision)
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Justin Lee leaves
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