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Date: January 1984
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It includes various articles, parish new, and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster, MCC Williamsport
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - January 1984
Date: December 1983
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It includes various articles, parish news, and a calendar of events..
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster, MCC Williamsport
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - December 1983
Date: June 1983
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Gay Pride
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - June 1983
Date: March 1983
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Harrisburg Ordinance #8
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - April 1983
Date: March 1983
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster, MCC Williamsport
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - March 1983
Date: February 1983
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - February 1983
Date: January 1983
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Lancaster, MCC Harrisburg
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - January 1983
Date: December 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - December 1982
Date: November 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - November 1982
Date: October 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes, a calendar of events, and an article on outreach in the Williamport area.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Lancaster, MCC Harrisburg
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - October 1982
Date: September 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - September 1982
Date: August 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - August 1982
Date: July 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - July 1982
Date: June 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - Jun 1982
Date: May 1982
Founded in 1968 in California, the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) began as a Christian outreach to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community. MCC Harrisburg (later renamed MCC of the Spirit) and MCC Lancaster (later renamed MCC Vision of Hope) were two local parishes in the Central PA Area.
The Freedom Newsletter was a joint publication of MCC Harrisburg and MCC Lancaster. It contains news from both a parishes and a calendar of events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: MCC Harrisburg, MCC Lancaster
View Item: MCC Freedom Newsletter - May 1982
Date: September 8, 2001
Lancaster Unity Celebration flyer hosted at Franklin and Marshall College.
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Lancaster Unity Celebration Flyer - September 8, 2001
Date: March/April 2001
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. Notable articles in this issue are:
- ''Years Ahead Across the River''
- ''2001 Red Cross Oscar Party''
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC), York Human Relations Commission
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - March/April 2001
Date: November/December 1999
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. Notable articles in this issue are:
- ''Have a FABulous Night and Help Benefit Local Lesbigay Groups''
- ''Millenium March for Equality is Sure to Be a Historic Event''
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - November/December 1999
Date: December 1998
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.
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC), The Betty Finney House, The Alliance for Tolerance and Freedom, AIDS Community Alliance
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - December 1998
Date: July/August 1998
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.
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - July/August 1998
Date: April/May 1998
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. Notable articles in this issue:
- ''Meet E - Up real close & personal with Erika Lutwin PTC's newly-elected Treasurer''
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - April/May 1998
Date: January/February 1998
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. Notable articles in this issue are:
- ''Human Relations Ord. Update''
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics: Human Relations Ordinance
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - January/February 1998
Date: March/April 1997
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. Notable articles in this issue are:
- ''E-town in the First Person''
- ''PTC display returns to the Lancaster Public Library''
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - March/April 1997
Date: December 1996
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. Notable articles in this issue are:
- ''On the Front line in E-town''
- ''Lancaster City Council Reviews Anti-Discrimination Ordinance''
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics: Human Relations Ordinance
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC), Common Sense
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - December 1996
Date: July/August 1996
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 Inqueert was the PTC newsletter. Notable articles in this issue are:
- ''Sexual Minorities are Still Unprotected in Lancaster''
- ''How Can We All Stay Better Informed?''
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics: Hate Crime Bill
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: The Lancaster Inqueery (Lancaster, PA) - July/August 1996