HIV/AIDs

Program for "Broadway Angel: A Drag Christmas Carol" performed by Lily White & Company at the Paper Moon restaurant in Harrisburg, PA on December 5 and 12, 1993. This program also includes a timeline of Lily White and Company history.

Program for "The Lisbon Traviata" performance produced by Lily White & Company at Open Stage of Harrisburg, PA on July 21-24, 1993. 

Event program for "A Hystery of the World According to Lily" performed by Lily White & Company in the Harrisburg Hotel Grand Ballroom on August 6, 1992. 

Program for the "Leather & Lamé …or, Hearts & Straps Forever!" performance by Lily White & Company at Club Raje on February 16, 1992.

Program of "Flash and Trash" performance at Stallion's by Lily White & Company in February 1978.

Program for "The Normal Heart" performance by Lily White & Company at the Rose Lehrman Art Centre at Harrisburg Area Community College in January 1988.

Program for "Into the Woods" produced by Lily White & Company at Stallions on August 28, 1988.

Lily White & Company call for auditions for the performance "The Normal Heart" in 1987. The performance itself was scheduled to take place on January 21-24, 1988

Event program for the AIDS Benfit Show at Stallions Bar by Lily White & Company on August 30 & September 6, 1987.

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area. The newsletter was distributed monthly until the mid-2000s.

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area. The newsletter was distributed monthly until the mid-2000s.

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area. The newsletter was distributed monthly until the mid-2000s.

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area. The newsletter was distributed monthly until the mid-2000s.

Created by Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, and several others in 1983, the Lavender Letter Newsletter was a calendar of events for, by, and about lesbian women to create community in the Central Pennsylvania area. The newsletter was distributed monthly until the mid-2000s. This issue features:

• Memorial service for Gary Norton
• Coming in the Fall! The First Women's Lesbian Fun Run

Joy (Ufema) Counsel was raised in Altoona, Pennsylvania. After completing high school, Joy began studies to become a nurse at the Altoona Hospital, and later completed a nursing program at Harrisburg Area Community College. Joy worked in numerous hospitals and medical facilities in New York, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Throughout her career as a nurse, Joy developed an affinity for caring for patients who were terminally ill. Her work in the area of death and dying received considerable media attention.

As a result, she was interviewed on 60 Minutes, a TV movie titled A Matter of Life and Death (1981) was made about her work, she authored numerous publications, and she participated in many speaking engagements across the country. In her interview, Joy discusses her work and experiences during the height of her recognition. She goes on to discuss the AIDS hospice she operated in York, Pennsylvania — elaborating on some of her most memorable patients and her experiences running a non-profit. Joy talks about her family’s reaction to her homosexuality, and her experiences as a lesbian in Central Pennsylvania. In the interview Joy goes on to discuss both challenges and the progress she sees as being significant to the LGBT community. Finally, Joy discusses the role of spirituality in her life.