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July 1978
Founded in the early 1970s, Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) was a major LGBTQ+ group in northeast Pennsylvania. The newsletter was used to relay monthly meeting minutes and information about upcoming events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Organizations: Northeastern PA Gay Alliance (NEPGA)
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Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) Newsletter - July 1978
July 11, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Speaker's Bureau, Prison Project
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Humans Relations Commission
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - July 11, 1978
1970s to 1980s
This collection documents the earliest known organizational history of the LGBTQ+ community in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley region. The Pennsylvania Lesbian and Gay Support Network (PALGSN) was established in 1978 after the first Pride Conference...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Organizations: PA Lesbian/Gay Support Network (PALGSN)
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August 1978
Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion...
Collection: LGBT-008 - Maneval
Topics:
Organizations: Northeastern PA Coalition for Human Rights (NPCHR)
View Item: Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - August 1978
August 1978
Founded in the early 1970’s, Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) was a major LGBTQ+ group in northeast Pennsylvania. The newsletter was used to relay monthly meeting minutes and upcoming events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Northeastern PA Gay Alliance (NEPGA)
View Item: Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) Newsletter - August 1978
August 19, 1978
In these Meeting Minutes, motion to dissovle the PA Rural Gay Caucus as a formal organization is passed. Agenda concerns next steps of group.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Human Rights Ordinance
Organizations: Gay Support Network, Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), National Gay Task Force (NGTF)
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Meeting Minutes - August 19, 1978
September 1978
A list of Gay Pride Slogans created by Citizens Concerned for a Better Community (CCBC).
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Lehigh Valley Citizens Concerned for a Better Community (CCBC)
View Item: Citizens Concerned for a Better Community (CCBC) Gay Pride Slogans - September 1978
September 1978
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...
September 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Affirmative Action Plans
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Agenda and Minutes - September 1978
September 24, 1978
Founded in the early 1970’s, Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) was a major LGBTQ+ group in northeast Pennsylvania. This flyer was created to invite members to peacefully rally at the Bloomsburg State Fair.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Northeastern PA Gay Alliance (NEPGA), Northeastern PA Coalition for Human Rights (NPCHR)
View Item: Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) Human Rights Rally Flyer - September 24, 1978
October 1978
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:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, National Gay Task Force (NGTF)
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - October 1978
October 1978
Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion...
Collection: LGBT-008 - Maneval
Topics: Harassment
Organizations: Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW), National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)
View Item: Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - October 1978
October 1978
Founded in the early 1970’s, Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) was a major LGBTQ+ group in northeast Pennsylvania. The newsletter was used to relay monthly meeting minutes and upcoming events.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Northeastern PA Gay Alliance (NEPGA)
View Item: Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) Newsletter - October 1978
October 19 - 21, 1979
Draft of schedule for Pride '79, a statewide gay rights conference.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Organizations:
View Item: Pride '79 Schedule (draft) - October 19 - 21, 1979
October 31, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, The Civil Rights Commission
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Agenda and Minutes - October 31, 1978
November 5 - December 18, 1978
Clipboard Calendar of Events created by Dignity/Central PA for November 5 to December 18, 1978.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
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Organizations: Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Dignity/Central PA
View Item: Dignity/Central PA Clipboard - 1978
November 1978
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:
Organizations: Philadelphia Gay Task Force (PGTF), Metropolitan Community Church (MCC)
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - November 1978
November/December 1978
Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW) was founded in 1975 to be an educational outreach and social group for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the Williamsport, PA area, through monthly meetings, social events, and discussion...
Collection: LGBT-008 - Maneval
Topics: Harassment
Organizations: Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW)
View Item: Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - November/December 1978
November 10, 1978
Founded in the early 1970’s, Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) was a major LGBTQ+ group in northeast Pennsylvania. The newsletter was used to relay monthly meeting minutes and upcoming events. In this newsletter it is...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Proposition 6 (California)
Organizations: Northeastern PA Gay Alliance (NEPGA)
View Item: Northeast Pennsylvania Gay Alliance (NEPGA) Newsletter - November 10, 1978
December 15, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Prison Project
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, US Commission on Civil Rights
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - December 15, 1978
circa 1979
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: Accomplishments of the Pennsylvania Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities - circa 1979
circa 1979
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: DPW Task Force Projects Draft - circa 1979
1979
Pamphlet and organizational document that explains the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg’s mission, background, funding, call-in categories, and call statistics.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Library
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), PA Lesbian/Gay Support Network (PALGSN), National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Dignity/Central PA, Central PA Gay Alliance, Parents of Gays
1979
Facilitator planning for Pride Conference 1979, handwritten.
1979
Final plans for Pride Conference 1979.
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