PrideFest Philadelphia is founded by Malcolm Lazin. PrideFest Philadelphia hosts 15 regional organizations presenting substantive programs over a weekend.

PrideFest Philadelphia hosts 30 regional organizations presenting programs.

PrideFest Philadelphia grows to 45 regional organizations presenting programming over a 3-day weekend.

Board of Directors gives PrideFest Philadelphia a national direction and creates the National Gay and Lesbian Leaders Symposium, in collaboration with National Public Radio (NPR).

First annual Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is given to Rev. Barry Stopfel, first ordained openly gay Episcopalian priest.

PrideFest Philadelphia expands to five days.

Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is awarded to Jamie Nabozny for the first successful suit against a school district by a high school for failure to protect against homophobia.

New programs include additional national programs and SundayOUT.

PrideFest Philadelphia receives a 501(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service.

Third annual Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is given to Phil Donahue for being the first major television host to accurately portray gays and lesbians.

Starting an annual tradition, 15 rainbow flags are hung in Center City.

New programs include the National Religious Colloquy, National Workplace Symposium, National History Project and the Jim Wheeler National Youth Panel.

PrideFest Philadelphia changes its name to PrideFest America and expands to seven days.

Fourth annual Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is given to Svend Robinson, a Canadian official who spearheaded civil rights equality.

New programs include the International Arts Award give to Paul Cadmus, National Media Panel and Local/State/Federal Political Action Panel.

First annual art exhibit is presented: an Andy Warhol exhibit in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Museum.

Fifth annual Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is given to Steve May, an Arizona Republican state legislator and reservist who defeated "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by outing himself.

New programs include the National Family Values Panel and BBQ.

First international component is introduced with the International GLBT Human Rights Panel in collaboration with Amnesty International and the International GLBT Human Rights Commission.

Second annual art exhibit: Artistic Alternatives, an exhibit with approximately 50 works by Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol and David Hockney.

Gay Pioneers, a documentary film directed by PBS award-winning filmmaker Glenn Holsten, is produced in collaboration with WHYY. The documentary details the first homosexual rights demonstrations that were staged annually from 1965 to 1969 in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., prior to the Stonewall Uprising.

Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is awarded to Sister Jeanine Grammick, who defies the Vatican by ministering to and advocating for gays and lesbians.

The International Arts Award is presented to Sir Ian McKellen.

Seventh annual Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is awarded to MTV for its contribution to social change through positive inclusion of GBLT issues in its programming.

Third annual art exhibit: Retrospective Works of photographer Tseng Kwong Chi.

One hundred-fifty rainbow flags are hung in Center City.

Board of Directors decides to change the name of the organization to Equality Forum to reflect a broadened mission and international scope with Germany as the Featured Nation.

Equality Forum 2003 features 76 programs and festivities.

GLBT youth are highlighted through a series of events: Exuberance!, the fourth annual art exhibit is presented in collaboration with The University of the Arts; under age party; programs and workshops; and the awarding of the National Role Model Award to Mike Glatze and Benjie Nycum of Young Gay America.

Equality Forum produces the documentary JIM IN BOLD, directed by Glenn Holsten. JIM IN BOLD focuses on the impact of homophobia, and the hope demonstrated by GLBT youth across the country.

New programs include the International Business Colloquium and Dinner, honoring Ford Motor Company Vice Chair and CFO Allan Gillmour with the International Business Leadership Award.

Eighth annual Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award is given to Benjie Nycum and Mike Glatze, the co-founders of Young Gay America.

Canada is the Featured Nation with 24 Canadians participating as moderators, panelists, entertainers and honorees.

Equality Forum announces after a ten month communication with Fortune 500 CEOs and HR Directors that 403 (80%) of the 2003 Fortune 500 Companies have included sexual orientation protection up from 327 (64%).

Equality Forum initiates Project 1138 to highlight that there a 1,138 federal marital protections and benefits that without marriage same-sex couples are denied.

Equality Forum premieres "Gay Pioneers", a documentary Equality Forum co-produced with WHYY/PBS about the start of the first gay and lesbian civil rights movement with annual and organized demonstrations in NYC, DC and Philadelphia from 1965 to 1969, prior to Stonewall.

Gay Pioneers is named "Best of the Year" by The Advocate.

Equality Forum 2005 & National Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the GLBT Civil Rights Movement has over 70 programs, parties and special events with 105 non profit organizations and 28 national and international GLBT executive directors participating.

Trespass: Violating Male Spaces, the 6th annual art exhibit features the gay photographic pioneer Arthur Tress.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is the recipient of the 10th annual International Role Model Award and IBM is the recipient of the International Business Leadership Award.

Equality Forum's first major concert is held at Penn's Landing, with Cindy Lauper as the headliner.

JIM IN BOLD is screened with 75-minute panel discussion at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.