PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - May 8, 1976

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - May 8, 1976
Number of Pages
2
Date
May 8, 1976
The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus was “an association of interested individuals and groups, formed with the objective of promulgating the concerns and freedoms of gay people and all sexual minorities.” The report was used as a type of newsletter outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In these minutes, the Legislative Committee updates members on the legislation being considered, and the process of contacting legislators from Gay Lobby Day was discussed.
Topics
PA Senate Bill 743
PA House Bill 2220
Hill's Bill
People
Burns, Joseph W.
Foltz, Paul
Organizations
PA Rural Gay Caucus
Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS)
Events
Gay Lobby Day
General Subjects
Politics and Government
Social Reform and Advocacy
Year
1976
Time Period
1970-1979
Format
Meeting Minutes and Agendas
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
LGBT-001 - Burns
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection
Repository
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - May 8, 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - April 24, 1976

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - April 24, 1976
Number of Pages
3
Date
April 24, 1976
The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus was “an association of interested individuals and groups, formed with the objective of promulgating the concerns and freedoms of gay people and all sexual minorities.” The report was used as a type of newsletter outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In these minutes, the Legislative Committee discuss issues at the local, state, and federal level. They also provide data on the recent Gay Lobby Day, and propaganda and advertisement ideas.
People
Hollabaugh, William
Burns, Joseph W.
Burke, Ken
Organizations
PA Rural Gay Caucus
Events
Gay Lobby Day
General Subjects
Politics and Government
Social Reform and Advocacy
Year
1976
Time Period
1970-1979
Format
Meeting Minutes and Agendas
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
LGBT-001 - Burns
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection
Repository
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - April 24, 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee and Governor’s Council on Sexual Minorities Joint Meeting Minutes - June 12, 1976

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee and Governor’s Council on Sexual Minorities Joint Meeting Minutes - June 12, 1976
Number of Pages
3
Date
June 12, 1976

The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus was “an association of interested individuals and groups, formed with the objective of promulgating the concerns and freedoms of gay people and all sexual minorities.”

In this report, the PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee and the Governor's Council on Sexual Minorities discus:

  • The Telephone Tree
  • Updates on the Sodomy Law Repeal
  • Fundraising for campaigns of State Legislators 
  • Newspaper Clippings discuss the House Resolution againts Governor Shapp's Gay Pride Week Proclomation
Topics
Sodomy Repeal Bill
People
Burns, Joseph W.
Hollabaugh, William
Shapp, Milton J.
Events
PA Gay Pride Week
General Subjects
Politics and Government
Social Reform and Advocacy
Year
1976
Time Period
1970-1979
Format
Meeting Minutes and Agendas
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
LGBT-001 - Burns
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns
Repository
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee and Governor’s Council on Sexual Minorities Joint Meeting Minutes - June 12, 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus Education Committee Minutes - March 31, circa 1976

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Education Committee Minutes - March 31, circa 1976
Number of Pages
2
Date
March 31, circa 1976

The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus was “an association of interested individuals and groups, formed with the objective of promulgating the concerns and freedoms of gay people and all sexual minorities.”

In these meeting minutes, the Education Committee discusses Sam Edmiston's discrimination experience at Bloomsburg University, which then leads the committee to gather information to help change policies pertaining to discrimination against gays on college campuses.

People
Edmiston, Sam
Places
Bloomsburg University (Bloomsburg, PA)
General Subjects
Discrimination
Social Reform and Advocacy
Year
1976
Time Period
1970-1979
Format
Meeting Minutes and Agendas
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
LGBT-001 - Burns
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection
Repository
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
PA Rural Gay Caucus Education Committee Minutes - March 31, circa 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus, Meeting Minutes - August 19, 1978

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PA Rural Gay Caucus, Meeting Minutes - August 19, 1978
Number of Pages
4
Date
August 19, 1978

In these Meeting Minutes, motion to dissovle the PA Rural Gay Caucus as a formal organization is passed. Agenda concerns next steps of group. 

Find Other Issues
PA Rural Gay Caucus Report
Topics
Human Rights Ordinance
People
Woods, Robert
Norton, Gary
Kester Jr., Al
Bryant, Anita
Burns, Joseph W.
Places
Friends' Meeting House (Harrisburg, PA)
Allentown, PA
Bloomsburg, PA
Organizations
Gay Support Network
Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH)
National Gay Task Force (NGTF)
Events
Gay Rights Symposium
Gay Cultural Festival
Bloomsburg State Fair (Bloomsburg, PA)
PA Gay Conference (PRIDE)
General Subjects
Politics and Government
Social Reform and Advocacy
Year
1978
Time Period
1970-1979
Format
Meeting Minutes and Agendas
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
LGBT-001 - Burns
Location
LGBT - 001 Joseph W. Burns Collection
Repository
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections
PA Rural Gay Caucus, Meeting Minutes - August 19, 1978