PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

Rural Gay Caucus Flyer - circa 1975

circa 1975

The Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus is 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 newsletter was used as outreach to the...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Community Outreach

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: Rural Gay Caucus Flyer - circa 1975

Letter to Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU) from Sam Deetz - November 11, 1975

November 11, 1975

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...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Governor's Gay Task Force, Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU), PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: Letter to Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU) from Sam Deetz - November 11, 1975

Letter to Susquehanna Valley Gay Organization (SVGU) from Sam Deetz - November 27, 1975

November 27, 1975

Letter from Sam Deetz to members of the Susquehanna Valley Gay Organization (SVGU) about Gay Lobby Day planning.

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU), PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Letter to Susquehanna Valley Gay Organization (SVGU) from Sam Deetz - November 27, 1975

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - December [1975]

December [1975]

Founded in December of 1974, the Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading, PA (GCS Berks) was a LGBTQ+ activist organization in the Berks County area and a fundamental part of the Pennsylvania Rural Gay Caucus. The...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Human Rights Law

Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks), PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - December [1975]

Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1976

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...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals

Topics: Human Rights Ordinance, PA State Employee Antidiscrimination Proclamation

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Gay League of Lebanon (GLL), Gay Era, Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Gay Switchboard of Lancaster, Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Humans Relations Commission, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Governor's Gay Task Force, Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)

View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1976

Corrections Subcommittee Meeting Minutes - March 9, 1976

March 9, 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Corrections Subcommittee Meeting Minutes - March 9, 1976

Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - April 1976

April 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals

Topics: Human Rights Ordinance, PA House Bill 2220

Organizations: Gay Era, PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - April 1976

Gay Lobby Day Report - April 11, 1976

April 11, 1976

This is the formal report from Gay Lobby Day, held on March 23, 1976 in Harrisburg, PA at the State Capitol. The repot includes results of Gay Lobby Day and suggestions for future events.

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: PA Senate Bill 743

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Gay Lobby Day Report - April 11, 1976

Corrections Subcommittee Report - May 1976

May 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Corrections Subcommittee Report - May 1976

Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - May 1976

May 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals

Topics: PA Senate Bill 743, PA House Bill 2220, Human Rights Ordinance

Organizations: Gay Era, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS), Gay Education Committee, PA Rural Gay Caucus, Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU), Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Gay Switchboard of Lancaster, Gays and Lesbians of Lebanon (GLL), Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Northeastern PA Gay Alliance (NEPGA), Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)

View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - May 1976

State Employment Committee Meeting Minutes - May 7, 1976

May 7, 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: State Employment Committee Meeting Minutes - May 7, 1976

PA Rural Gay Caucus, Press Release - May 13, 1976

May 13, 1976

PA Rural Cay Caucus press release disucssing the formation of a permanenet legislative committee, with it's first focus on lobbying for the repeal of Sodomy Statutes.

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Sodomy Laws

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Press Release - May 13, 1976

Recommendations of the AD HOC Committee - May 20, 1976

May 20, 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Recommendations of the AD HOC Committee - May 20, 1976

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Agenda and Minutes - May 27, 1976

May 27, 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Transgender Education, Hill's Bill

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Agenda and Minutes - May 27, 1976

Corrections Subcommittee Newsletter - June 1, 1976

June 1, 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Corrections Subcommittee Newsletter - June 1, 1976

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - June 1976

June 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks), PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, PA Rural Gay Caucus

View Item: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) - June 1976

Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1976

June 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals

Topics: Gay Pride, Stonewall

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Gay Era, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), West Chester Gays, PA Rural Gay Caucus, Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS), Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Gay Switchboard of Lancaster, Dignity/Central PA

View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1976

Community [Affairs] Committee Goals - June 2, 1976

June 2, 1976

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Community [Affairs] Committee Goals - June 2, 1976

Identifying the Rural Gay Caucus - June 5, 1976

June 5, 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.”

In this flier, the Rural Gay Caucus...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

Topics:

Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities

View Item: Identifying the Rural Gay Caucus - June 5, 1976