Annual Report of the Advisory Committee on the Rights and Health Concerns of Sexual Minorites - February 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 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.

This report gives a summary of the purpose and goals of the Advisory Committee on the Rights and Health Concerns of Sexual Minorities.