late 19th century
1899
German psychiatrist Albert von Schrenck-Notzing claims to have performed "conversion therapy" on a gay man by hypnosis and forcing him to have sex with the opposite sex.
A brief history of "torsion therapy"
Early 20th Century
1930s
Discussions on the pathological harm of homosexuality appear in Chinese folk newspapers.
1940s
In Europe and the United States, the dangerous ice-pick therapy is used to perform twist therapy on homosexuals.
Discussions of treatments for homosexuality appear in Chinese folk newspapers.
mid 20th century
1960-1970
Sexual minorities in mainland China sufferClass education and reform through labor.
Gender/gender minority depathogenesis process
1973
The American Psychiatric Association removes the "homosexuality is a mental illness" diagnosis.
late 20th century
1983-1988
Six homosexuals were treated with electric shocks in outpatient clinics at the Institute of Mental Health of Beijing Medical University.
1989
The CCMD-2 lists homosexuality as a "psychological disorder", officially pathologized in mainland China.
1992
The Psychological Clinic of Wannan Medical College performed "reversal therapy" on a gay man through cognitive psychotherapy and medication.
The Shanghai Psychological Counseling Center performed "reversal therapy" on two homosexuals through cognitive behavioral therapy.
1996-1998
Henan Province Mental Hospital performed "reversal therapy" on three homosexuals with electric shocks, injections of apomorphine hydrochloride and psychotherapy.
1997
Lanzhou Third People's Hospital ordered a gay man to take clomipramine for "conversion therapy".
1998
The Department of Psychology of South China Normal University used hypnotic electric shocks to perform "reversal therapy" on three homosexuals.
1990
ICD-10 no longer lists homosexuality as a mental disorder, and homosexuality is not a disease recognized by the international medical community.
1996
Mainland China CCMD-3 revision team was established.
The "Aichi Action Project", a non-governmental non-profit organization, has launched a series of activities to contact and lobby members of the CCMD-3 working group and domestic experts in the field of mental health, in an attempt to promote the de-pathologization of homosexuality in China.
Liu Huaqing of Beijing Huilongguan Hospital began to contact the homosexual population in Beijing, collect samples for psychological tests, and study whether homosexuality should be de-pathological.
1997
The "North American Chinese Gender and Sexual Orientation Research Association" was established with the purpose of promoting the non-pathological problem of homosexuality in the Chinese psychiatry community, and the online magazine "Peach Red All over the World".
There is a debate in China's mental health field about whether homosexuality should be depathologized,Mental Health Letters published a total of 20 articles that advocated pathologization and advocated depathologization in this discussion.
1998
A survey conducted on the "Sino-German Continuous Training Program for Senior Psychotherapists" showed that Chinese psychologists and psychiatrists have negative and negative attitudes towards homosexuality, reflecting the difficulty of depathologizing homosexuality in CCMD-3.
early 21st century
1999-2004
The Psychological Clinic of Anshan Central Hospital accepts 16 homosexuals for counseling and performs "reversal therapy" on them.
2009
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University used rubber bands to flick their wrists, light hypnosis, and psychotherapy, vowing to perform "torsion therapy" on three homosexuals.
Yang Yongxin's Linyi Internet Rehabilitation Center was exposed, after a large number of gay teenagers were subjected to electric shock "reversal therapy" at the closed management center.
2014
Twenty-three homosexual college students in Jiangxi Province received "reversal therapy" by doctors from Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The methods were aversive behavior therapy and cognitive therapy.
2015
Published by Beijing LGBT Center"A survey report on mental health and psychological counseling practitioners' attitudes towards sexual minorities"According to the survey, 36.2% of the 996 mental health and psychological counselors who participated in the survey expressed support for conversion therapy, and 73 explicitly stated that they had undergone "conversion therapy" for homosexuals.
2019
Transgender girl Huang Xiaodi was sent by her parents to a closed institution in Chongqing for "torsion therapy".
2020
Transgender girl Kecheng was sent by her parents to a closed institution in Jinan for "torsion therapy."
2001
CCMD-3 was released, homosexuality was depathologized in mainland China, but "self-disharmonious" homosexuality was still reserved as a mental illness.
2003
The second statement questioned the retention of "self-discordant homosexuality" in CCMD-3.
2006
The Montreal Declaration is promulgated, and May 17 is designated as the International Day Against Homophobia.
2014
Xiao Zhen complained that "Xin Yu Piaoxiang Psychological Counseling Center" conducted "Homosexual Correction Treatment"The case was won, becoming the first homosexual "conversion therapy" infringement case in mainland China.
2016
Yu Hu, a gay man, won the case against "conversion therapy" at the Zhumadian City Mental Hospital in Henan Province.
2017
Sisi appeals to textbook publishers and book-selling platforms with pathological homosexual content, known as"The Homophobic Textbook Case".
2018
Wu Laobai and Lin He launched the "Lovers" performance art project, touring cities in China in three red vans carrying three billboards to protest the pathologization of homosexuality and "reversal therapy".
Against Sexual Orientation Reversal Therapy, China Red Truck Defends LGBT.
ICD-11 no longer classifies gender incongruity (transgender) as a mental disorder, and transgender depathologizes.
2020
The "homophobia textbook case" opened, and the plaintiff Sixi lost the case.