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Religion and Spirituality
October 4, 2017
Barry Loveland interviews Alex Reber, now 32, who relates fascinating stories of what it was like growing up as an only child of an Evangelical Christian family raised on a farm in Bethel, a rural town between Harrisburg and Allentown and...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations: LGBT Center of Central PA
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 097: Alex Reber
July 30, 2018
Cecelia Wambach was born on May 26th, 1942 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Cecelia begins the interview by talking about her family life, the dynamics of her relationship with her parents and religion, and how those facets shaped her adult identity...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 131: Cecelia Wambach
undated
Dignity/Central PA brochure explaining the mission of this Harrisburg, PA chapter of the national Dignity organization. This local chapter was founded in 1975.
Collection: LGBT-036 - Valerio
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
View Item: Dignity/Central PA Brochure - undated
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Membership Application for Dignity/Central PA.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
View Item: Membership Application (Dignity/Central PA) - undated
1985-1999
Steven Leshner became a member of Dignity/Central PA, a Catholic organization for LGBTQ+ individuals that has been active in the Harrisburg, PA area since 1976, in the 1970s, where he participated in events and activities, as well as became part...
Collection: LGBT-029 - Leshner
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-029 Steven Leshner Collection
1980 - 1986
Richard H. Hause was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, on May 21, 1947, and moved to Harrisburg after he graduated from high school in 1965. After coming out to his family when he was eighteen, Richard began working for the State Government in...
Collection: LGBT-053 - Hause
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-053 Richard Hause Collection
1980 - 1994
These materials contain artwork designed by Lawrence Valerio for LGBT events and organizations in Central PA, including Dignity of Central PA, a forum for human concerns, a place of seeking for greater self, knowledge, and wisdom, an affirmation...
Collection: LGBT-036 - Valerio
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-036 Lawrence Valerio Collection
1979, 1980 - 2009
Colin Kreitzer was born in 1947 in Enola, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wormleysburg, PA with his parents and his younger sister. He attended West Chester College (now West Chester University) and moved to Harrisburg in 1977, where he began...
Collection: LGBT-061 - Kreitzer
Topics:
Organizations: Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Dignity/Central PA, MCC of the Spirit
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-061 Colin Kreitzer Collection
1991 - 2003
This collection was donated anonymously by an individual associated with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of the Spirit in Harrisburg, PA.
The Newspapers Clippings series documents issues such as same–sex marriage, the relationship...
Collection: LGBT-012 - Anonymous
Topics: Lancaster Antidiscrimination Law
Organizations: MCC of the Spirit
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-012 Anonymous Collection
1946, 1970 - 2017
John Barns was born in Perry County, PA. He graduated from Greenwood High School in 1960 and then joined the Pennsylvania National Guard during the Vietnam War, where he was in the armored tank division. After discharging from the military, Barns...
Collection: LGBT-015 - Barns
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Dignity/Central PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-015 John R. Barns Collection
Summer 1983
This is a photo of three group members standing in front of the snack table during Dignity/Central PA's Great South Lawn Picnic, held in Summer 1983. This picture is found on page 19 of the PDF of the Dignity/Central PA Scrapbook.
Dignity/...