He was a co-founder of the United Methodist Gay Clergy Caucus, alongside Gene Leggett, which later became known as Affirmation.
[3] Huskey met Gene Leggett at the 1972 General Conference in Atlanta for Methodist clergy.
[4] The conference attendees issued the Hand Amendment, which was unfavorable to homosexual clergy.
[5] The following spring Huskey and Leggett traveled across the East Coast and started a network of gay and lesbian United Methodist clergy.
[6] In 1974, after receiving his Doctor of Ministry degree from Chicago Theological Seminary, Huskey returned to Minnesota where he was an associate pastor at Good Samaritan United Methodist Church in Edina.