"National Gay and Lesbian Task Force" article response

The NGLTF is an organization committed to ending all discrimation and acts of hate towards gays and lesbians. It emerged in the mid-1970s from the GAA in New York. The article stated that one of the organizations first noted accomplishments was banning homosexuality from the APA's list of declared mental disorders. I was shocked by this statement when I first read it. I can't even imagine how brain-washed society must have been to actually believe that homosexuality was a mental-disorder. To me, it's a genetic quirck just like anything else. It has nothing to do with the intelligence or mental capacity of a human being. I don't understand how the American Psychiatric Association would declare that as a mental-disability. It makes absolutely no sense to me.
"In November of that same year, Kevin Berrill, the director of NGTF, and James Creedle of Black and White Men Together testified before the House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice that Congress needed to intervene and stop the abuse wrought by police officers against gays and lesbians because of sexual orientation" I thought it was so interesting that the black civil rights organizations, having nothing to do with gay rights, took part in this movement. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, to this day, help secure civil rights for gays and lesbians. I liked reading this section of the article because It's comforting to know that different unions and groups can join together and help with issues that don't necessarily have anything to do with their specific cause.
"National Gay and Lesbian Task Force." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 1 Feb. 2010. .