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Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU)
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...
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
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Letter to Susquehanna Valley Gay Organization (SVGU) from Sam Deetz - November 27, 1975
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...
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
August 1976
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:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU), Coalition of Gay Activities
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - August 1976
circa 1977
Civil Rights March in Harrisburg, PA, late 1970s. Photo by Bari Weaver.
Collection: LGBT-041 - Edmiston
Topics:
Organizations: Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU)
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October 27, 2013
Samuel Deetz was born in Quakertown (Pennsylvania), in 1951, on April 21 and was one of eight children. Sam’s father became a minister, which allowed his family to move from place to place over Sam’s young life. Sam’s family...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 025: Sam Deetz
July 24, 2015
Daniel Maneval was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on October 3, 1947. In this interview, Daniel speaks frankly about his experiences growing up as an only child, about the homophobic violence he has experienced, and the gay organizations he...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU), Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW), PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 072B: Dan Maneval
1961-2015
Sam Edmiston was born on July 17, 1945 in Middleburg, PA. In the April of 1963, Edmiston enrolled in the US Navy, and three weeks after his graduation, went to the Keel United States Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois for recruitment...
Collection: LGBT-041 - Edmiston
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-041 Sam Edmiston Collection
