[2] CHAT's first Board of Directors was elected in March 1972, and included George Hislop, Patricia Murphy, Clive Bell, Kathleen Brindley and 6 other members.
[2] The grant allowed CHAT to offer counselling services, set up a 24-hour distress line, and provide legal, medical and psychiatric referral information to the public.
With the support from the Ontario Mental Hospital, the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and distress centres in and around Toronto, CHAT was awarded the grant of $14,602 with extension.
[5] On August 28, 1971, CHAT along with TGA organized the We Demand Rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, protesting for equal rights for homosexuals as heterosexuals as well as against the RCMP's surveillance on gay men and lesbians in the military and civil service, unfair divorce laws, the immigration act banning gay men from entering and immigrating to Canada, among other things.
[1] In 1972, CHAT organized the "Homosexuality: Myth & Reality" panel which was held at the St. Lawrence Centre Town Hall.
[6] However, growing tensions between those who believed that the organization should focus on political reform, rather than social services, eventually led to the establishment of Toronto Gay Action as an independent group in 1971.
[1] In 1972, CHAT social service staff and 4 Board Members, including Vice President Patricia Murphy resigned from their roles in protest of George Hislop's sexism and authoritarian management style.
[6] In October 1976, a meeting of approximately 50 women was held at CHAT to set up a task force to establish a lesbian-only group.