Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) Newsletter - May 1978

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2
Date
May 1978

Founded in the early 1970s, Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) was a major LGBTQ+ group in northeast Pennsylvania. The newsletter was used to relay monthly meeting minutes and information about upcoming events.

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Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - November 1977

Number of Pages
5
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November 1977

Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion sessions. The newsletter, Here’s How, was a way to keep group members up-to-date on news and events.

In this issue HOW discussed:

  • an evaluation of the anniversary party is provide and how HOW can reorganize to stay relevant in the coming year
  • the formation of a by-laws committee
  • discussion on a potential location for a hot-line for HOW and meeting space
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LGBT Oral History 062: David Leas

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36
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June 1, 2017

David Leas was born in 1955 in Columbia, Pennsylvania. He comes from a working class family and described the sense of independence he got from his first job as busboy for the Accomac Inn. This job lead to a foray into the restaurant business, starting with opening the Railroad House in Marietta with his partner Marlon. David then went on to be an evening manager at Isaac’s and then transitioned into a higher up management job within the restaurant. Due to his pull at Isaac’s, he was able to convince the restaurant and other local restaurants to raise funds and collaborate with the Lancaster AIDS Project and SCAAN. David was also one of the original members of Gays United Lancaster and The Rural Gay Caucus, an organization formed in reaction to the urban focus of the Council of Sexual Minorities, formed by Governor Shapp. He also was one of the main driving forces behind the newsletter, Gay Era, often spearheading the publication of it. He remarks on how many of his friends, such as Bari Weaver, had to move due to the extreme harassment they faced for being openly gay. He then touches on the evolution of gay bars in the area and how he met his partner, Ben, who he has been living with in Elizabethtown for around twenty years.

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - January 1977

Number of Pages
6
Date
January 1977

The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus was “an association of interested individuals and groups, formed with the objective of promulgating the concerns and freedoms of gay people and all sexual minorities.” The report was used as outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ+ community. In this report, the Caucus mentions the location of the February meeting and provides the meeting minites from the previous January meeting.

Meeting minutes of note are: 

  • Deputy State Attorney General addressed the Caucus and discussed the "Sodomy Repeal Bill," as well as the concern about PA Senate Bill 83, which would bar gay or lesbian individuals from certain employment positions
  • Report on the Lebanon High School student who committed sucide and how the Caucus Education Committee was to proceed with outreach and support
  • Report on the Telephone Tree that was established 
  • Discussion of the status of other organizations that are part of the Rural Gay Caucus
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - April 1978

Number of Pages
27
Date
April 1978

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Noteworthy news in this issues:

  • "Bryant in Reading" (p. 1)
  • "Bryant Appears in Reading" (p. 2)
  • "Minister Advocates Rizzo Tactics in Lancaster" (p. 2)
  • "Bomb Threat in State College" (p. 5)
  • "Open Letter from the Political Caucus of HOPS" (p. 8)
  • "Blooomsburg Gay Group" (p. 18)
  • "Rural Resources" (p. 24)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1978

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25
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March 1978

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Noteworthy news in this issues:

  • "State of the Union" (p. 2)
  • "Conference Snowed Out" (p. 4)
  • "Self-Oppression Part III" (p. 9)
  • "Rural Resouces" (p. 11)
  • "Gay Swtichboard Ready to Listen, Help" (p. 14)
  • "State's Speaker Bureau" (p.21)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - January 1978

Number of Pages
25
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January 1978

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

- Conference Site Found (p.4)
- Affirmative Action Plans Sent to Governor Shapp (p.4)
- New Members to Governor's Council (p.5)
- Rural Resources (p.10)
- Pride '78 (p.19)

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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - December 1977

Number of Pages
29
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December 1977

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

- National Gay Blue Jeans Day Held in State College (p.4)
- Allentown Battle: State Conference in Limbo (p.4)
- PA Rural Gay Resource List (p.10)
- Martin Rock (p.14)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (p.24)
- PDE Supports Affirmative Action for Gays (p.25)

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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - November 1977

Number of Pages
25
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November 1977

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

  • Bryant Aid Details Gay Dade County "Errors"(p.4)
  • School Cuts "Propaganda" Film (p.6)
  • Harrisburg Radio Show (p.6)
  • Allentown Rights a Political Hot Potato (p.7)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - September 27, 1977

Number of Pages
3
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September 27, 1977

Letter from Gay Era editors informing readers that the September and October issues will not be availible due to printing issues.

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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1977

Number of Pages
25
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June 1977

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

  • What to do about Anita Bryant (p.8)
  • Gay Religious Leaders Deplore Anita Bryant's Misleading Use of Bible (p.9)
  • PA Rural Gay Resource List (p.13)
  • Over the Back Fence (p.15)
  • Dyke Cooper (p.18)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1977

Number of Pages
25
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March 1977

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Noteworthy news in this issues:

  • "Aid Sought in Contracts Wording by State Minority Council" (p. 2)
  • National Bill (p. 2)
  • "Senate Bill 83" (p. 9)
  • "PA Rural Gay Resource List" (p. 10)
  • "Gay Couple Denied Use of Campus Chapel" (p. 22)
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Gay Era (Lancaster. PA) - November 1976

Number of Pages
17
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November 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Noteworthy news in this issues:

  • "Rural Caucus" (p. 2)
  • "Coming Out" (p. 5)
  • "Dyke Cooper" (p. 6)
  • "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (p. 8)
  • "Rural Gay Resource List" (p. 15)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - October 1976

Number of Pages
17
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October 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

  • "Trouble in New Hope" (p. 2)
  • "Bar Brawls" (p. 4)
  • "Coming Out" (p. 6)
  • "Gay R.A. Fired" (p. 9)
  • "Sodomy Repeals" (p. 11)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - July 1976

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17
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July 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Noteworthy news in this issues:


  • "Pennsylvania Gay Pride Week: Legislators Freak Out" (p.3)
  • "Dyke Cooper" (p.6)
  • "Gay Pride Seventy-Six" (p.8)
  • "Rural Caucus Report" (p.10)

 

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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1976

Number of Pages
16
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June 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

  • In the News (p.3)
  • Rural Caucus Report (p.6)
  • "James Dean: Was He or Wasn't He?" (p.5)
  • Stonewall Remembered (p.10)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1976

Number of Pages
13
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March 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. This is an anniversary issue. Noteworthy news in this issue includes:

  • "State Hiring Regulations" (p.3)
  • "Dyke Cooper" (p. 5)
  • Rural Caucus Report (p. 7)
  • "Shapp and Shrinks" (p. 9)
  • "Reading (PA) Items" (p. 9) 
  • "Council on Sexual Minorities" (p. 10)
  • "Lebanon Items [Gay League of Lebanon]" (p. 11)
  • "Pennsylvania Gays - It's Time" (p. 12)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - May 1976

Number of Pages
16
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May 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

 

  • "Wheatland Zapped" (p. 4)
  • "Rural Caucus Report" (p. 5)
  • "State College [PA]" (p. 5)
  • "Reading [PA]" (p. 5)
  • "A Personal Expression of Gay Oppression from Lancaster, PA" (p. 12)
  • "Northumberland [PA]" (p. 13)

 

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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - February 1975

Number of Pages
25
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February 1975

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

  • Gay Health Column (p.5)
  • After a Year of Activism (p.6)
  • Rural Caucus Meeting (p.7)
  • Philadelphia Bill Defeated (p.7)
  • Phila. Gay News Begins Publishing (p.7)
  • GUL Holds Election of Officers (p.8)
  • GUL Co-Sponsors Phila. Conference (p.8)
  • Date Set For Gay Lobby Day (p.8)
  • Dyke Cooper Comes to Town (p.9)
  • Of Interest to Gay Women (W.O.W.) (p.9)
  • Plant-Nite at Marietta Avenue (p.19)
  • State Police Investigating Blackmail Racket (p.20)
  • New Peer Counseling Program Begins (p.20)
  • Constructing Gay Pride or Bari's Five Steps to Sainthood (p.23)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - April 1976

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13
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April 1976

The Gay Era was a newspaper that reported news of interest from around the United States, with a specific focus on the news surrounding the gay community in Central PA, and provided a central forum for gay communities that were spread out across Central PA.

This issue was labeled incorrectly, and should be April 1976. Noteworthy news in this issue: 

  • "Supreme Court Says 'Nay' on Gay" (p. 1)
  • "Rural Caucus Report" (p. 5)
  • "Governor's Council on Sexual Minorities" (p. 8)
  • "Gay Education Day" (p. 12)
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