Philadelphia Gay Task Force (PGTF)

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area. The newsletter was distributed monthly until the mid-2000s. 

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Noteworthy news in this issues:

• "Priest Hired to Launch Gay Rights Campaign" (p. 2)
• "Pre-Election Poop" (p. 6)
• "Election Results" (p. 10)
• "Rural Resouces" (p. 13)
• "Health Care Plan Covers Sex-Change Surgery" (p. 18)