Bloomsburg, PA

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)

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:

• "State Gay Support Group Formed" (p. 3)
• "Voter Registration Starts in Pennsylvania" (p. 5)
• "March Planned in Allentown" (p. 6)
• "Anita to Appear at Bloomsburg Fair" (p. 6)

This issue is missing some articles that appear to have been cut out at some point.

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