Crossroads Magazine - December 1996/January 1997

Number of Pages
64
Date
December 1996/January 1997

Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts and talents of local LGBTQ+ organizations, people, and events, with all articles being voluntary contributions. Crossroads was published from June 1996 – October 1997.

In this AIDS Issue:

  • Central Pennsylvania in the Face of AIDS Spotlights
    • SCANN Closure 
    • York Hospice House
    • Coverage of the NAMES Project Memorial Quilt
  • 1997 Community Calendar
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Origin
Gift of Dr. Eric Selvey
Collection
Location
LGBT-013 Eric Selvey Collection

Crossroads Magazine - October/November 1996

Number of Pages
60
Date
October/November 1996

Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts and talents of local LGBTQ+ organizations, people, and events, with all articles being voluntary contributions. Crossroads was published from June 1996 – October 1997.

In this National Coming Out Day Issue:

  • The AIDS Quilt Returns to D.C. - Susquehanna Valley Names Highlights
  • The Renaissance Man
  • Organizational Spotlight - Bi-GLYAH
  • Community Scrapbook
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Origin
Gift of Dr. Eric Selvey
Collection
Location
LGBT-013 Eric Selvey Collection

Crossroads Magazine - August/September 1996

Number of Pages
63
Date
August/September 1996

Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts and talents of local LGBTQ+ organizations, people, and events, with all articles being voluntary contributions. Crossroads was published from June 1996 – October 1997.

This is Pride Issue: 

  • Tips to Same Sex Estate Planning
  • The Supreme TKO - The Court's Decision on Amendment 2
  • Take a Trip to Alpha Bathhouse Omega - The Crossroads' Short Story
  • Community Spotlight - York Area Lambda and their upcoming Judy! Benefit 
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Gift of Dr. Eric Selvey
Collection
Location
LGBT-013 Eric Selvey Collection

Crossroads Magazine - June/July 1996

Number of Pages
63
Date
June/July 1996

Crossroads Magazine was a bi-monthly local LGBTQ+ magazine created, edited, and published by Dr. Eric Selvey. The goal of Crossroads was to bring together the LGBTQ+ community of Central Pennsylvania by creating a space to showcase the efforts and talents of local LGBTQ+ organizations, people, and events, with all articles being voluntary contributions. Crossroads was published from June 1996 – October 1997.

This issue includes: 

  • Special Report: Breast Cancer 1996 - The Other Community Health Concern
  • A Tribute to a Legal Warrior along with Her Parting Words ''I've Had a Magical Life''
  • Getting Orientation Into PA's Ethnic Intimidation Act - The Attempt to Stamp Out Hate Crimes Against PA's Sexual Minorities 
  • Part Two of the Interview with MCC's Pastor O'Diam
  • Community Resource Spotlight: Lily White & Company
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Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Dr. Eric Selvey
Collection
Location
LGBT-013 Eric Selvey Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-089 Walter J. Lear Collection

Number of Pages
5
Date
1976 - 2008. 2010. 2018

Born on May 4, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY, Walter J. Lear was a physician and activist for healthcare reform and LGBTQ+ rights. He received his B.S. from Harvard in 1943, his M.D. from Long Island College of Medicine in 1946, and his M.S. in Hospital Administration from Columbia University School of Public Health in 1948. Lear came out in January of 1976 in the first issues of the Philadelphia Gay News.

Lear held many public health positions in Pennsylvania including, but not limited to, Deputy City Health Commissioner for Philadelphia (1964), State Regional Health Commissioner (1971), and acting executive director of Philadelphia General Hospital. He also founded the Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health (circa 1975) and was one of the four founders of the Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia (1980).

As an activist, Lear’s dedication to healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights intersected. His activism included, but is not limited to: Chairperson to the Gay Public Health Workers Caucus of the American Public Health Association (1975-1978); Board of Directors member for the Gay Community Center of Philadelphia, now the William Way Center, (1975-1991); PA State Health Department delegate to the Governor’s Council for Sexual Minorities (1976-1979); co-founder of the Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia (1979); co-founder the Philadelphia AIDS Task Force (1982); and the first openly gay member of the Philadelphia Human Relations Commission (1984-1988).

Lear passed away in 2010.

The contents of this collection are organized into six series: Context of Collection, Correspondence, Photographs, Scholarship, Recognition Events, and Miscellaneous. For more materials related to Walter J. Lear, please see:

Walter J. Lear papers, 1975-1996, John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center.

Walter Lear Collection, 1944 – 1963, Joan E. Lynaugh Archives and Special Collections, Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.

People
Year
Origin
Gift of John Barns
Collection
Location
LGBT-089 Walter J. Lear Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-037 John Folby Collection

Number of Pages
15
Date
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 Harrisburg, Folby became heavily involved in the local gay community, beginning with his work on the Harrisburg Gay Switchboard. He also joined a group for gay Catholics, Dignity/Central PA, which better integrated him into the gay community with trips to New York City for the annual Gay Pride parade and introductions to the gay bar scene in Harrisburg.

With the influx of HIV/AIDS in the gay community, Folby began his twenty-five-year career with the Department of Welfare where he ran the Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program (SPBP), Pennsylvania’s version of an AIDS Drug Assistance program for people living with HIV/AIDS. Folby, with the help of his supervisor, was able to parlay this civil servant position into one of advocacy. Due to lack of government funding, Folby was frequently forced to think creatively and economically to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and get the word out about HIV/AIDS medications, such as AZT. Folby became an advocate inside the system.

This collection contains the personal and governmental activism of John Folby. Items represent local, state, national, and international HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.

Topics
People
Year
Origin
Gift of John Folby
Collection
Location
LGBT-037 John Folby Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-088 TransCentral PA Collection

Number of Pages
6
Date
2007 - 2019

TransCentral PA is a nonprofit 501c3 organization which serves the transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming community in central Pennsylvania. It was originally formed in 1989 as the Lower Susquehanna Valley chapter of the national trans organization, Renaissance Education Association. The group separated from the Renaissance in 2006. This collection contains administrative materials and monthly newsletters from 2007-2021.

Organizations
General Subjects
Year
Origin
Downloaded from TransCentral PA website by Malinda Triller-Doran and Sarah Wakefield
Location
LGBT-088 TransCentral PA Collection

LGBT History Project: LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection

Number of Pages
6
Date
1971 - 1994
Jan Brittan graduated from Dickinson College in 1971. This collection contains LGBTQ+ periodicals and articles. Brittan also donated books, which are listed in a separate PDF Appendix.
People
Year
Origin
Gift of Jan Brittan
Collection
Location
LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus at Philadelphia Gay Pride Parade, photo 2 - 1976

Date
1976

Photograph of members of PA Rural Gay Caucus with their banner at the 1976 Philadelphia Gay Pride Parade. Identified members from left to right: Aaron Spicher (with the Dignity Banner), Joe Burns, Richard Hoffman (with GCS Berks Banner), Sam Deetz (turned away from the camera) and Jerry Brennan. Photo by Bari Weaver.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift from Steven Leshner
Collection
Location
LGBT-029 Steven Leshner Collection

Bari Weaver (left), Sam Deetz (middle), and Joseph W. Burns (right) at dinner - circa 1988

Date
circa 1988

Bari Weaver (left), Sam Deetz (middle), and Joe Burns (right), memebers of the PA Rural Gay Caucus, reunited at dinner circa Christmas 1988.

Organizations
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Civils Rights March in Harrisburg, PA - circa 1977

Date
circa 1977

Civil Rights March in Harrisburg, PA, late 1970s. Photo by Bari Weaver.

Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Sam Edmiston
Collection
Location
LGBT-041 Sam Edmiston Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting, State College, PA - May 1976

Date
May 1976

Members at a PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting in State College, PA. Members left to right: Pam Erdly, Sam Deetz, Jonathan Smith-Cousins, Tony Silvestre. Photo by Bari Weaver.

Organizations
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Anthony Slivestre
Location
LGBT-074 Anthony Silvestre Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting, Wilkes Barre, PA - April 10, 1976

Date
April 10, 1976

Members at a PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting in Wilkes Barre, PA. Photo by Thomas F. Schmidt of Fay L. Broody Studies.

Organizations
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Sam Deetz
Collection
Location
LGBT-011 Sam Deetz Collection

Jude Sharp (Left) and Lorraine Kujawa (right) at the First Community Recognition Banquet - circa 1992

Date
circa 1992

Jude Sharp (Left) and Lorraine Kujawa (right) at the First Community Recognition Banquet hosted at Miss Garbo's Tea Room in Carlisle, PA.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Dan Miller
Collection
Location
LGBT-007 Dan Miller Collection

Mary Nancarrow at the First Community Recognition Banquet - circa 1992

Date
circa 1992

Mary Nancarrow at the First Community Recognition Banquet hosted at Miss Garbo's Tea Room in Carlisle, PA.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Dan Miller
Collection
Location
LGBT-007 Dan Miller Collection

Thurman Grossnickle (left) and Barry Loveland (right) at the First Community Recognition Banquet - circa 1992

Date
circa 1992

Thurman Grossnickle (left) and Barry Loveland (right) at the First Community Recognition Banquet hosted at Miss Garbo's Tea Room in Carlisle, PA.

General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Dan Miller
Collection
Location
LGBT-007 Dan Miller Collection

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

Date
circa 1976

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

Organizations
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Sam Deetz
Collection
Location
LGBT-011 Sam Deetz Collection

Sam Deetz, Gay Education Day - March 1976

Date
March 1976

Sam Deetz at Gay Education Day, also known as Gay Lobby Day, organized by the PA Rural Gay Caucus and in Harrisburg, PA during March 1976. Photo taken by Bari Weaver.

People
Organizations
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Sam Deetz
Collection
Location
LGBT-011 Sam Deetz Collection

Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - March 4, 1977

Number of Pages
5
Date
March 4, 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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minnutes for the Steering Committee meeting of the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities. Minutes include:

  • Committee Reports
  • Committee Organization
  • Press Kit
  • White House meeting 
  • General Updates
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - June 25, 1976

Number of Pages
7
Date
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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minuntes from the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities. Minutes include:

  • Policy regarding multiple committee membership
  • Annual Organization of Council
  • Additional Committee Members
  • A council vacancy
  • Public Information and Education
  • Letters on Council Stationary
  • Spokesperson for the Council
  • Reports on Committee
  • Upcoming meetings
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Speakers Bureau Brochure - circa 1978

Number of Pages
4
Date
circa 1978

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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Brochure advertising the Speaker's Bureau, a program created by the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities as a way to spread education about LGBTQ+ issues.

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '78 Handmade Poster - 1978

Number of Pages
2
Date
1978

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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Handmade poster created to advertise Pride '78, the yearly Gay Conference held in Pennsylvania. 

Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Press Release - circa 1977

Number of Pages
2
Date
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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Press release announcing the establishment of the Gay Youth Committee headed by Janet Cooper.

People
Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Notes on Alcoholism - circa 1978

Number of Pages
3
Date
circa 1978

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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Notes from a presentation of Gay Alcoholism presented by James Huggins to the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities.

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Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Unidentified Minutes, page 3 - undated

Number of Pages
2
Date
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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Unidentified minutes from a meeting.

Year
Time Period
Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection