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April 25, 2017
Kerry Wiessman was born on October 26, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She grew up in Wayne, New Jersey in a lake community. Kerry discusses her upbringing in a large family and her relationship with her mother. Kerry also discusses her career in...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
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Organizations: Gay Affirming Interfaith Network
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Transcription of LGBT Oral History 125: Kerry Wiessman
October 4, 2017
Chris Dietz was born on April 6, 1975 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He lived in Carlisle shortly after he was born, before moving to Perry County with his parents and younger sister. There, he attended West Perry School District and participated in...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Family Unit
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View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 029: Chris Dietz
January 4, 2018
Steve Glassman was born on September 20, 1954 in Chicago. He was fortunate enough to grow up in a rather liberal household with accepting parents who were involved in political activism and social justice during the Civil Rights era. Glassman’s...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
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View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 041: Steve Glassman
1970s to present
These images represent a cross section of the types of materials included in the LGBT Center of Central PA's History Project, which is housed in the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections....
1992 - 2013
Dan Miller was born in 1956 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He earned his BA in Accounting from Elizabethtown College, later going on to get his MA in Finance from Penn State University. In October of 1990, after working for Donald L. DeMuth...
Collection: LGBT-007 - Miller
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-007 Dan Miller Collection
1973 - 1985
Anthony Silvestre was born in 1946 in the Bronx in New York. He finished his final year of college at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and then attended Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) as a graduate student.
Silvestre was...
Collection: LGBT-074 - Silvestre
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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-074 Anthony Silvestre Collection
2011
This collection contains a campaign poster from John Campbell’s run for Harrisburg City (PA) treasurer as an openly gay candidate in 2011-2012.
Collection: LGBT-003 - Campbell
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-003 John Campbell Collection
2012
In 2012 Chris Dietz was one of a record three openly gay candidates running for state representative, and one of two from central PA. While Dietz did not win his race for PA State Representative, he has served as the openly gay president of the...
1975 - 2010
Samuel Deetz was born in Quakertown, PA on April 21, 1951 and was one of eight children. His father was a minister, so his family moved from place to place throughout his childhood, until they came back to Central PA where Deetz finished high...
circa 1976
This collection contains an embosser for the PA Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorities. The council was an officially appointed advisory committee created by Governor Milton J. Shapp in 1976. Governor Shapp, by executive order, declared that...
Collection: LGBT-063 - PA State Archives Transfer
Topics:
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-063 PA State Archives Transfer Collection
1968 - 2015; Bulk Dates 1970 - 1980
Joseph W. Burns started to donate these materials in 2013 as the first contribution of historical documents to the LGBT Center of Central PA History Project. These materials reflect his involvement in, and document, LGBTQ+ activism in Central PA...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 531, PA Senate Bill 83
Organizations: Lehigh Valley Citizens Concerned for a Better Community (CCBC), Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks), PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), PA Lesbian/Gay Support Network (PALGSN), PA Rural Gay Caucus, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection, Appendix: Bibliography of books donated by Joseph W. Burns
2011
This collection contains the Presidential Proclamation for Pride Month 2011 by Barack Obama.
Collection: LGBT-072 - Anonymous
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-072 Anonymous Collection
1993
This collection contains citizen correspondence requesting that the inclusion of “sexual orientation” in the City of York’s non-discrimination ordinance be put on the ballot for a public referendum. The correspondence dates from February 1993 and...
Collection: LGBT-078 - York City Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Topics: York Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-078 York City Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Collection
circa 2018
This collection contains materials on Jess King, a gay-friendly candidate for the US Congress in Pennsylvania 11th District during the 2018 Congressional Election.
Collection: LGBT-087 - Royer
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-087 Curtis Royer Collection
circa 1977
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 Press Release - circa 1977
undated
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: Transgender Education, Sodomy Laws
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Unidentified Minutes, page 3 - undated
2016 - 2017
The Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance, also known as the Borough of Carlisle Human Relations Ordinance, was passed in December 2016. This ordinance established a Human Relations Commission and protection of LGBTQ+ community in the Borough,...
Collection: LGBT-060 - Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Topics: Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-060 Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Collection
1980 - 2009
John Folby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eldest of five children, Folby was raised in a “very strict Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian family.” At age twenty-five, he relocated to Harrisburg with his partner. Shortly after moving to...
Collection: LGBT-037 - Folby
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), Act UP
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-037 John Folby Collection
2000 - 2007, 2019
Alberta Hamm was born April 1, 1941 and assigned male at birth. After high school, Hamm entered the seminary for a short time before ultimately enrolling in the Army. She was stationed at Fort Dix, NJ and served 13 months in Korea. After being...
Collection: LGBT-096 - Hamm
Topics: Transgender Experiences
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-096 Alberta Hamm Collection
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