Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Agenda and Minutes - July 7, 1980

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 was the agenda and minutes for the July 7, 1980 meeting. The meeting included:

• update on the ruling of the PA Sodomy Law being unconstitutional
• update on the progress on issues facing sexual minority populations and others in prison
• a presentation on Sexual Harassment and the film "Under His Thumb"