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2018

Since August 2012 the LGBT History Project of the LGBT Center of Central PA has actively collected stories of LGBT history in central PA as told by those who lived them. This growing collection of oral history interviews is housed by the...

Collection: LGBT Oral History

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What is Le-Hi-Ho Flyer
1960s to 1980s

This collection documents the earliest known organizational history of the LGBTQ+ community in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley region. The Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization ("Le-Hi-Ho") held its first meeting on June 22, 1969. The goal of the...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

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Organizations: Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho)

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Dignity/Central PA Scrapbook - circa 1970 to circa 2000
circa 1970 to circa 2000

Dignity/Central PA's is a forum for human concerns, a place of seeking for greater self, knowledge, and wisdom, an affirmation of one's sexual orientation in faith, and personal ministry.

This scrapbook was created by Steven Leshner, a...

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Mutual Interest Groups Flyer - circa 1974
circa 1974

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. 

This is a flyer...

Pride '75 Mark Segal Conference Announcement - 1975
1975

Letter announcing the 1975 Pennsylvania State Gay Conference, a statewide gay rights conference which was later known as Pride.

Pride Conference Speaker Correspondences and Information - 1975 to1978
1975 to 1978

Correspondences and information on Pride Conference speakers from 1975 to 1978. Some correspondences are handwritten.

Rural Gay Caucus Flyer - circa 1975
circa 1975

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...

Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - February 1975
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...

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - April 1975
April 1975

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...

Bicentennial Conference on Gays and the Federal Government Registration and Schedule - October 1975
October 1975

Registration and schedule for the Bicentennial Conference on Gays and the Federal Government Conference in Washington D.C. on October 10-14, 1975. 

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - November 1975
November 1975

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...

PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - November 1975
November 1975

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 report/newsletter was used as outreach to...

Letter to Susquehanna Valley Gays United (SVGU) from Sam Deetz - November 11, 1975
November 11, 1975

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...

Letter to Susquehanna Valley Gay Organization (SVGU) from Sam Deetz - November 27, 1975
November 27, 1975

Letter from Sam Deetz to members of the Susquehanna Valley Gay Organization (SVGU) about Gay Lobby Day planning.

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - December [1975]
December [1975]

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...

Aaron Spicher and Ted [Hogonvesher] at Philadelphia Gay Pride – 1976
1976

This is a photo of Aaron Spicher and Ted Hogonvesher at Philadelphia Gay Pride in 1976. This picture is found on page 4 of the PDF of the Dignity/Central PA Scrapbook.

Dignity/Central PA is a forum for human concerns, a place of seeking...

Collection: LGBT-029 - Leshner

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Organizations: Dignity/Central PA

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Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Speakers Bureau Memo - circa 1976
circa 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. 

Memo announcing...

Gay Lobby Day Committee Recruitment Flyers - 1976
1976

This is a collection of recruitment flyers and letters created by the Gay Lobby Day Committee for Gay Lobby Day held on March 23, 1976.

Gay Lobby Day Informal Report Packet - 1976
1976

This is a copy of the informal report of Gay Lobby Day that was held on March 23, 1976 in Harrisburg, PA. There are also two correspondences included between William F. Hollabaugh to Artemis House, asking about lobbying suggestions and if the Gay...

GCS Berks Gay Liberation Stamp Design - 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. This Gay Liberation Stamp...

Janet Cooper (left) and Sam Deetz (right) - circa 1976
circa 1976

Janet Cooper (left) and Sam Deetz (right), members of the PA Rural Gay Caucus, in  late 1975 or early 1976.

Collection: LGBT-011 - Deetz

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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus

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PA Rural Gay Caucus Chart - 1976
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."

Flow chart of how information spreads...

Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns

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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus

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PA Rural Gay Caucus group at Philadelphia Gay Pride - 1976
1976

This is a photo of PA Rural Gay Caucus members at the Philadelphia Gay Pride in 1976. Members include Aaron Spicher (with the Dignity Banner), Joe Burns, Richard Hoffman (with GCS Berks Banner), Sam Deetz (turned away from the camera) and Jerry...

Collection: LGBT-029 - Leshner

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Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Dignity/Central PA

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