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Human Rights Day
March 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Sodomy Repeal Bill, PA Senate Bill 83, Human Relations Ordinance, Inclusivity
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Gay Youth of Central PA
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PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - March 1977
March 28, 1977
The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - March 28, 1977
April 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - April 1977
May 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals
Topics: Human Rights Ordinance, PA Senate Bill 531, Sodomy Laws
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Lancaster, Gay Awareness of Millersville State College, National Gay Task Force (NGTF)
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - May 1977
May 1977
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 minutes general information...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, Abortion Laws
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Coalition for Human Rights, MCC Harrisburg
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - May 1977
May 1977
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 newsletter was used as...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531, PA House Bill 71, Sodomy Laws, Abortion Laws, Youth, Community Center
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Coalition of Human Rights, MCC Harrisburg
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - May 1977
May 4, 1977
The Pennsylvania Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorites was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that all executive branch offices and services were...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, MCC Philadelphia, Coalition of Human Rights
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - May 4, 1977
May 24, 1977
Announcement letter and informational flyer for Human Rights Day, held May 24, 1977 at Harrisburg, PA.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations:
View Item: Human Rights Day Announcement and Flyer - May 24, 1977
June 4, 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - June 4, 1977
July 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals
Topics: Sodomy Laws
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Coalition of Human Rights
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - July 1977
1975 - 2010
Samuel Deetz was born in Quakertown, PA on April 21, 1951 and was one of eight children. His father was a minister, so his family moved from place to place throughout his childhood, until they came back to Central PA where Deetz finished high...
