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June 22, 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 report was used as a type of newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Sodomy Repeal Bill
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Memo - June 22, 1976
June 25, 1976
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
View Item: Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - June 25, 1976
1976
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:
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) - July 1976
July 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: Homophobia, PA House Bill 2220
Organizations: Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS), PA Rural Gay Caucus, Gay Era
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - July 1976
July 10, 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 report was used as a type of newsletter...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Sodomy Repeal Bill
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Meeting Notice - July 10, 1976
July 22, 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 letter, the Caucus informs...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter - July 22, 1976
July 22, 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 press release, the Caucus explained...
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
August 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.”
Feedback form created to get...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Feedback Form - August 11, 1976
August 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 letter was written by Barry Lace...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Letter - August 11, 1976
August 12, 1976
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
View Item: Corrections Subcommittee Newsletter - August 12, 1976
September 7, 1976
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
View Item: Letter to Robert Raines, Esquire Justice Department, from ''Tom'' - September 7, 1976
September 17, 1976
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
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Agenda - September 17, 1976
September 20, 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 letter, Barry Lace encourages...
October 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: Sodomy Laws
Organizations: Gay Era, Dyketactics, Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS)
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - October 1976
circa October 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 letter, Lehigh Valley...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), PA Rural Gay Caucus
October 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 letter, Joseph Burns tells...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter from the Editor - October 1976
October 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.”
...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting Minutes - October 1976
October 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, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho)
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - October 1976
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns Periodicals
Topics: Sodomy Laws, Suicide
Organizations: Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), PA Rural Gay Caucus, Gay League of Lebanon (GLL), Dyketactics, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Gay Era
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster. PA) - November 1976
November 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 letter, Joseph W. Burns...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Letter - November 1976
November 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - November 1976
November 6, 1976
As described in the by-laws, "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. This goal is to...
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...
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 Minutes - December 1976
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Voluntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse Status
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Gay Alcoholics Anonymous, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), Northeastern PA Gay Alliance (NEPGA), Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH)
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - December 1976