PA Gay Conference (PRIDE)

List of resolutions introduced from Pride '78, a statewide gay rights conference, with notes on which were passed, amended, or failed. 

Program for Pride '80, a statewide gay rights conference. 

Program for Pride '78, a statewide gay rights conference. The program also explains the "Dark Side" of planning Pride '78, specifically the controversy with the Americus Hotel in Allentown, PA. 

Invitation poster for Pride '80, a statewide gay rights conference. 

Advertisement poster for Pride '79, a statewide gay rights conference.

Minutes from the entirity of Pride'78, a statewide gay rights conference. 

Thank you letter Kathy Blackburn from Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge for the accommendations provided for Pride '78, a statewide gay rights conference. 

Lesbian/Gay Fundraiser at Rosmary's for Pride '80 featuring Sharon Ettinger. 

Lesbian/Gay Fundraiser at Rosmary's for Pride '79 featuring Rainbow's End. 

Due to inclement wheather, Pride '78, a statewide gay rights conference, was rescheduled from January 20 - 22 to April 7 - 9. This document contains the updated Brochure and Regsitration info.

Brochure and Registration for Pride '80, a statewide gay rights conference.

Brochure and Registration Materials for Pride '78, a statewide gay rights conference.

Brochure and Registration for Pride '79, a statewide gay rights conference. 

Exhibit Booth registraion form for Pride '82, a statewide gay rights conference. 

Exhibit Booth and Program Sponsor reservation forms for Pride '79, a statewide gay rights conference.  

Program for the first Pennsylvania State Gay Conference, a statewide gay rights conference which was later known as Pride. 

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion sessions. The newsletter, Here’s How, was a way to keep group members up-to-date on news and events.

In this issue, it is addressed that because of lack of participation over the summer, no meetings were held. This led to no newsletters going out. It is also mentioned that there has been an increase of LGBTQ+ and straight people moving away from the Williamsport area (however no reason is given as to why).

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion sessions. The newsletter, Here’s How, was a way to keep group members up-to-date on news and events.

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion sessions. The newsletter, Here’s How, was a way to keep group members up-to-date on news and events.

This issue includes a brief overview of Here’s How and questionnaire to gain member feedback on the organizations activities over the past three years.  There is also another update on Dan Maneval’s neighborhood harassment experience.

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion sessions. The newsletter, Here’s How, was a way to keep group members up-to-date on news and events.

In this issues, discussion on Governor Richard Thornburgh's decision to keep the Governors Counscil on Sexual Minorities is discussed, as well as Pride '79, and an update on Dan Manevla's neighborhood harrasment concerns.

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion sessions. The newsletter, Here’s How, was a way to keep group members up-to-date on news and events.

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 caucus discusses the rescheduling of PA Pride Conference 1978.

Anthony Silvestre was born in 1946 in the Bronx in New York. He finished his final year of college at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and then attended Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) as a graduate student.

Silvestre was introduced to gay rights while at Penn State. While there, he became active in an organization called the Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS). He became president of HOPS and subsequently met many of Pennsylvania’s leading activists. He was appointed Chair of the Pennsylvania Council for Sexual Minorities and became a leader in the Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus, which provided a forum for collaboration among numerous groups outside of the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

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 this report, the Caucus gives the location of the nest meeting in June and gives the meeting minutes from the May meeting. Minutes to note are: 

• discussion of formation of a state wide gay support group
• postive and negative comments of Pride '78
• update on the Human Relations Ordinance in Allentown, PA

Document created by Jerry Brennan and Richard Hill recording the history and development of Dignity/Central PA as an organization in Harrisburg from July 1975 to June 1985.