Central PA Pride Festival Brochure '96 - July 27, 1996

Number of Pages
8
Date
July 27, 1996

The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Each July, approximately 5,000 individuals travel to downtown Harrisburg and attend the Pride Festival. It is the largest Pride celebration between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

This is advertisement brochure for Pride 1996, being held at Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, PA.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Anonymous
Location
LGBT-012 Anonymous Collection

Central PA Pride Festival Brochure '93 - July 25, 1993

Number of Pages
7
Date
July 25, 1993

The Pride Festival of Central PA is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the Central Pennsylvania region. Founded in 1992, the festival takes place every year on the last Saturday of July in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Each July, approximately 5,000 individuals travel to downtown Harrisburg and attend the Pride Festival. It is the largest Pride celebration between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

This is advertisment brochure for Pride 1993, being held at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, PA.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Barry Loveland
Collection
Location
LGBT-014 Barry Loveland Collection

Speakers Bureau Brochure - circa 1978

Number of Pages
4
Date
circa 1978

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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Brochure advertising the Speaker's Bureau, a program created by the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities as a way to spread education about LGBTQ+ issues.

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Human Rights Day Announcement and Flyer - May 24, 1977

Number of Pages
10
Date
May 24, 1977

Announcement letter and informational flyer for Human Rights Day, held May 24, 1977 at Harrisburg, PA.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Gay Lobby Day Committee Recruitment Flyers - 1976

Number of Pages
8
Date
1976

This is a collection of recruitment flyers and letters created by the Gay Lobby Day Committee for Gay Lobby Day held on March 23, 1976.

Events
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Lancaster Unity Celebration Flyer - September 8, 2001

Number of Pages
2
Date
September 8, 2001

Lancaster Unity Celebration flyer hosted at Franklin and Marshall College. 

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman
Location
LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Activism Collection

The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - September/October 1995

Number of Pages
3
Date
September/October 1995

Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC) was created in 1991 as a non-religious, LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy and social organization in the City of Lancaster. The Coalition was instrumental in getting sexual orientation non-discrimination protection added to the human relations ordinance in 1991, and in creating a new city Human Relations Commission to enforce the ordinance in 2001. The Coalition dissolved shortly thereafter.

The Lancaster Inqueery was the PTC newsletter. Noteworthy articles in this issue are: 

  • ''Names Project Quilt Coming!''
  • ''Thanks and No Thanks''
  • Both Letters to the Ed
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman
Location
LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Activism Collection

Pink Triangle Coalition "The Prom" Flyer - May 13, 1995

Number of Pages
2
Date
May 13, 1995

The Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC) was created in 1991 as a non-religious, LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy and social organization in the City of Lancaster. The Coalition was instrumental in getting sexual orientation non-discrimination protection added to the human relations ordinance in 1991, and in creating a new city Human Relations Commission to enforce the ordinance in 2001. The Coalition dissolved shortly thereafter.

The Prom event was jointly sponsord by PTC, Franklin and Marshall College's LGB's and Allies, and Millersville College's Allies. 

 

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman
Location
LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Activism Collection

''It's Time to Fight Censorship'' Flyer - undated

Number of Pages
2
Date
undated

Flyer created by local activists in repsonse to the removal of the comic strip ''For Better or for Worse'' from the Intelligencer Journal, a local Lancaster, PA newspaper. 

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman
Location
LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Activism Collection

Pink Triangle Coalition March on Washington Flyer - April 1993

Number of Pages
2
Date
April 1993

The Pink Triangle Coalition was created in 1991 as a non-religious, LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy and social organization in the City of Lancaster. The Coalition was instrumental in getting sexual orientation non-discrimination protection added to the human relations ordinance in 1991, and in creating a new city Human Relations Commission to enforce the ordinance in 2001. The Coalition dissolved shortly thereafter.

Flyer created by the Pink Triangle Coalition for March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation 1993.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman
Location
LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Activism Collection

Pink Triangle Coalition Harvest Fest Flyer - October 23, 1992

Number of Pages
2
Date
October 23, 1992

Pink Triangle Coalition was created in 1991 as a non-religious, LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy and social organization in the City of Lancaster. The Coalition was instrumental in getting sexual orientation non-discrimination protection added to the human relations ordinance in 1991, and in creating a new city Human Relations Commission to enforce the ordinance in 2001. The Coalition dissolved shortly thereafter.

Flyer created for Pink Triangle Coalition's Harvest Fest. 

Events
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman
Location
LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Activism Collection

Pink Triangle Coalition Youth Group Picnic Flyer - July 18, 1992

Number of Pages
2
Date
July 18, 1992

Pink Triangle Coalition was created in 1991 as a non-religious, LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy and social organization in the City of Lancaster. The Coalition was instrumental in getting sexual orientation non-discrimination protection added to the human relations ordinance in 1991, and in creating a new city Human Relations Commission to enforce the ordinance in 2001. The Coalition dissolved shortly thereafter.

This flyer was created for Pink Triangle's Youth Group Picnic. 

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman
Location
LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Activism Collection

Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) Human Rights Rally Flyer - September 24, 1978

Number of Pages
2
Date
September 24, 1978

Founded in the early 1970’s, Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) was a major LGBTQ+ group in northeast Pennsylvania. This flyer was created to invite members to peacefully rally at the Bloomsburg State Fair. 

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '80 Fundraiser Flyer - February 20, 1980

Number of Pages
2
Date
February 20, 1980

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

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '79 Fundraiser Flyer - June 9, 1978

Number of Pages
2
Date
June 9, 1978

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

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Rescheduled Pride '78 Brochure and Registration - April 7 - 9, 1978

Number of Pages
4
Date
April 7 - 9, 1978

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.

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Anthony Slivestre
Location
LGBT-074 Anthony Silvestre

Pride '80 Brochure and Registration - October 3 - 5, 1980

Number of Pages
6
Date
October 3 -5 , 1980

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

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '78 Brochure and Registration Materials - January 20 - 22, 1978

Number of Pages
7
Date
January 20 - 22, 1978

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

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '79 Brochure and Registration - October 19 - 21, 1979

Number of Pages
6
Date
October 19 - 21, 1979

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

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Mutual Interest Groups Flyer - circa 1974

Number of Pages
3
Date
circa 1974

Founded in December of 1974, the Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading, PA (GCS Berks) was a LGBTQ+ activist organization in the Berks County area and a fundamental part of the Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus. 

This is a flyer created by GCS Berks to explain "mutal interest groups" and how they can be helpful for getting members of the LGBTQ+ community invovled in special interest groups. 

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Anita Bryant Boycott Flyer - June 1977

Number of Pages
2
Date
June 1977

Flyer created by the Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) giving information to protest Anita Bryant by writing to the Florida Citrus Commission saying that LGBT community will not buy Florida Oragne Juice if they keeps supporting Bryant.

People
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Pride '78 Brochure - January 20, 1978

Number of Pages
4
Date
January 20, 1978

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.

This is the original brochure for Pride 1978, that was later rescheduled to April 1978.

Organizations
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Event Flyer: Picnic and Garage Sale - April 11, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
April 11, 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.”

This is an event flyer promoting a Picnic and Garage Sale hosted by the Gay Switchboard of Lancaster.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

"Lily White and Company and positively hiv, inc." Brochure - circa 1990

Number of Pages
6
Date
1990

Advertising brochure from the partnership of Lily White and Company and positively hiv, inc. Advertises items to be bought from the HIVnALIVE gift shop, sponsored by positively hiv, inc. Proceeds to go to Lily White and Company.

Topics
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Paul Foltz
Location
LGBT-043 Lily White & Company