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December 1977
The Keystone newsletter was an educational and communication feature of Dignity/Central PA Inc. Noteworthy articles in this issue:
- "From the President" (p. 2)
- "Splinters from the Board Meeting" (p. 5)...
January 30, 1993
Peg Welch's stance on coming out when fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in York, PA.
York Area LAMBDA, started in the 1990s and originally known as York Support Inc., was an educational, political, and social group for the LGBTQ+ community of...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations: York Area LAMBDA
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Memo from Peg Welch about "Coming Out" - January 30, 1993
February/March 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics:
Organizations: Harrisburg Men's Chorus, Pennsmen Inc.
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - February/March 1997
June/July 1997
Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts...
Collection: LGBT-013 - Selvey
Topics:
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus
View Item: Crossroads Magazine - June/July 1997
![STUDS Magazine [November] 2008 Cover](https://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/artifacts_browse/public/image_lgbt/STUDS_%5BNov%5D-2008.jpg?itok=KRKGmAUw "STUDS Magazine [November] 2008 Cover")
circa June 2007 to April 2010
STUDS Magazine was created by Lindsay Snowden and Shaashawn Dial in 2007 as a place to showcase cloths made by and for masculine identifying women and celebrate these “handsomely beautiful women.” STUDS ran from 2007 – 2010.
Digital...
March 28, 2013
For the very first interview of the history project, Edmund Good and Thurman Grossnickle describe their coming out stories. Thurman is a retired Scientist Administrator and has spent many years in academia and in health professions, as well as in...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 042: Edmund ''Ed'' Good and Thurman Grossnickle, part 1, Transcription of LGBT Oral History 042: Edmund ''Ed'' Good and Thurman Grossnickle, part 2
April 15, 2013
Frank Pizzoli, founder and editor-in-chief of the Central Voice, an LGBT newsletter for the Central PA community, discusses his experiences in the community and how he thinks things have changed over time. He describes some aspects of growing up...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), AIDS Community Alliance, Adler Health Services
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 092A: Frank Pizzoli
June 4, 2013
Prior to coming out at the age of 32, Ted Martin had worked for many years for the government and public policy organizations, chiefly in the areas of communications and advocacy. Martin lived in Washington, D.C. and worked for Congress before...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations: Equality PA
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 074: Ted Martin
July 1, 2013
Born in 1949 to a Lutheran minister and his wife, Marlene Kanuck married a man, had two children, and got a divorce after 11 years of marriage before realizing that she was a lesbian. In this interview, she discusses her coming out process and...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: Common Roads
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 054: Marlene Kanuck
July 24, 2013
Bernie Pupo was born in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania in 1945 and attended Mount Carmel Catholic High School. After working in a factory after high school, Bernie moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a window decorator for Pomeroy’s...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 096: Bernie Pupo
July 30, 2013
Larry Lee Thomas was born in Burnham, Pennsylvania in 1941, living there for at least 19 years before spending four years in the military, and shortly thereafter moving to the nearby city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After his first experience...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 112: Larry Thomas
August 14, 2013
Transcription of Clarke Hess and Lee Stoltzfuss interview. This transcript is incomplete. Please contact archives@dickinson.edu for more information.
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 048: Clarke Hess and Lee Stoltzfuss
August 29, 2013
Mark Stoner, born in 1959, grew up and currently lives in Lancaster, where he has worked as a graphic designer for the past 30 years. He came out as gay early in his college years at Penn State University and thereafter became involved in...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Human Relations Commission, HIV/AIDs
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 111: Mark Stoner
September 4, 2013
Michelle Probulus, 43, describes her experience with realizing that she is a lesbian at age 40, while married to a man with whom she had two young sons. She discusses the complications of figuring out her sexuality and coming to the realization...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations:
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 095: Michelle Probulus
October 9, 2013
Born in 1951, Mary Nancarrow grew up in the Harrisburg area, and from a young age, she has been involved in the movements for LGBT and women’s rights, especially for Central Pennsylvania. She has worked extensively with NOW, serving as the...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Women's Rights
Organizations: Pennsylvania NOW, National Organization for Women (N.O.W.), PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 084A: Mary Nancarrow
November 12, 2013
Julie Lobur was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania in 1955 and moved to Harrisburg in 1970. She received her bachelor’s degree from Penn State and added a master’s degree in computer science in 2003. Julie briefly served in the military in 1983...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 068: Julia "Julie" Lobur
March 14, 2014
Teresa “Teddy” Maurer was born in Lykens, Pennsylvania. Following a move to Upper Dauphin County, she grew up and graduated from Halifax High School. From there she worked at the Nedrich shirt factory for a few years before moving onto a job with...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations: LGBT Center of Central PA
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 077: Teresa ''Teddy'' Maurer
March 21, 2014
Margaret “Peg” Dierkers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957 and attended a Catholic school as a child. She earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Ohio State University, and eventually enrolled in a doctoral program in Human...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs, Family Unit
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 028: Margaret ''Peg'' Dierkers
March 22, 2014
Barry Loveland was born December 28th, 1956 in Schenectady, New York. After graduating from high school, Barry attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he obtained a Bachelors of Science degree in Architecture and Building Sciences....
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: Common Roads, Dignity/Central PA
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 070: Barry Loveland
March 26, 2014
John Folby was born in Pittsburgh in 1947. He was the oldest of five children in an Irish-Italian Catholic family. He relocated to Harrisburg in 1975 with his partner. John continues to live with his partner in Harrisburg in a relationship...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), LGBT Center of Central PA
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 035: John Folby
May 8, 2014
Jon Johnson was born in Southern Lancaster county, Pennsylvania and lived on his family’s farm in his early life. Charles (Charlie) Maser was born in Brownstown in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Jon spent most of his life in Pennsylvania. He went...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: Lancaster AIDS Project, The Betty Finney House
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 052: Jon Johnson and Charles Maser
July 2, 2014
Brian Patchcoski was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, brought up in a very strong Irish, German, and Polish Roman Catholic family. Brian progressed through high school, working for a Catholic church for 10 years and expecting to go into the...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 089: Brian Patchcoski
July 29, 2014
Ann Van Dyke was born in a farming community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where she was raised in a devout Methodist home. After moving to Mechanicsburg to work at the Methodist Home for Children at age 19, Ann was exposed to the more...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: PA State Human Relations Commission
Organizations: Equality PA
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 118: Ann Van Dyke
August 2 and 29, 2014
Abstract for Interview 1 (August 2, 2014): Lawrence von Barann was born on June 26, 1928 in Queens, New York to an American mother from New York City and an immigrant father from Germany. Lawrence spent the majority of his upbringing living in...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 120: Lawrence ''Larry'' Von Barann
August 9, 2014
This is an oral history with David Payne. It was recorded on August 9th, 2014. David Payne was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia as a communications major. The focus of his career has...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Men's Chorus of Harrisburg
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 090: David Payne
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