PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - December 1976

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4
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December 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 these minutes, general minutes are reports as well as reports from the Legislative, Communication, and Education committees. 

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Pride '78 Program - April 7 - 9, 1978

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14
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April 7 - 9. 1978

Program for Pride '78, a statewide gay rights conference. The program also explains the "Dark Side" of planning Pride '78, specifically the controversy with the Americus Hotel in Allentown, PA. 

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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 - December 1976

Number of Pages
6
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December 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.” The newsletter was used as outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In this report, the Caucus gives the location for the January meeting and provides the meeting minutes from December. Theses minutes include:

  • Legislative Committe Report Communications Committee Report 
  • Education Committee Report
  • Summary of groups that make up the Rural Gay Caucus
  • Notice about the Phone Tree that was put together
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - July/August 1978

Number of Pages
25
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July/August 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-Wide Gay-Support Group Announced" (p. 2)
  • "Council Appointments" (p. 4)
  • "Rights Ordinance Introduced in State College" (p. 5)
  • "Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Gay Case" (p. 6)
  • "Anita's Source" (p. 11)
  • "Rural Resources" (p. 15)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1979

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25
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June 1979

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 Publication" (p. 2)
  • "Gay Pride Week Rapped" (p. 2)
  • "House Condemns Thornburgh for 'Gay Pride Week'" (p. 2)
  • "Switchboard Anniversay" (p. 3)
  • "Penn Acts to Prohibit Discrimination against Gays" (p. 3)
  • "HOPS Blue Jeans Day" (p. 3)
  • "Gay Pride Week Proclamation" (p. 4)
  • "Anti-Gay Bill Proposed" (p. 5)
  • "Culture Shock" (p. 10)
  • "Aries Portfolio" (p. 11)
  • "PA Lawmakers Get No Respect" (p. 13)
  • "Gay Professionals' Licenses Safe" (p. 18)
  • "Human Rights Resolution" (p. 18)
  • "When Lady Gay Was Queen of Conestoga" (p. 18)
  • "Sex and the Government Worker" (p. 19)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1978

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25
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July 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:

  • "Allentwon Battle Continues: Gays Banned from City Forums" (p. 2)
  • "Observations by David Leas" (p. 8)
  • "Anita Display Removed in Misunderstanding" (p. 20)
  • "Coming Out as an Old Man" (p. 24)
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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - November 1977

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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
Date
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) - July 1977

Number of Pages
25
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July 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:

  • Sodomy Repeal Lacks Support in Pennsylvania (p.4)
  • Council Files Report of First Year Progress (p.4)
  • Gay Activists Beaten (p.5)
  • MCC Community Center (p.5)
  • PA Rural Gay Resource List (p.11)
  • The Flordia Follies Finale (p.12)
  • Gains Made on State College Campuses (p.22)
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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) - May 1977

Number of Pages
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) - 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) - 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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