PA Rural Gay Caucus Event Flyer: Picnic and Garage Sale - April 11, 1976

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April 11, 1976

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.”

This is an event flyer promoting a Picnic and Garage Sale hosted by the Gay Switchboard of Lancaster.

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - January 1977

Number of Pages
6
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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) - May 1977

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31
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May 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:

  • "What is Obscenity?" (p. 3)
  • "Gay Rights Ordinance Attempted in Allentown ("p. 5)
  • "Lobbyist Kohn Denies Charges "(p. 6)
  • "PA Rural Gay Resource List" (p. 12)
  • We Are Not the Criminals: Support Human Rights Day (p. 13)
  • "Dyke Cooper" (p. 15)
  • "Gay Awareness at MSC" (p. 19)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1976

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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

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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

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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

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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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