Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - September 8, 1980

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - September 8, 1980
Number of Pages: 
4
Date: 
September 8, 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.

Minutes from the September 8, 1980 meeting. Minutes include: 

  • Report from Welfare Subcommittee
  • Health Report 
  • Foster Care Report 
  • Corrections Report 
  • ACLU/Governor's Council Booklet
  • Philadelphia Meeting Report
  • Pride '80
  • Public Welfare Priority List
Year: 
Time Period: 
Origin: 
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection: 
Location: 
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection
Repository: 
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections