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circa 1976
Brochure explaining Dignity/Central PA's mission. Dignity is:
- a forum for human concerns
- a seeking for greater self
- knowledge and wisdom
- an affirmation of one's sexual orientation in faith
- personal ministry...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA
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Dignity/Central PA, Brochure - 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
View Item: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Speakers Bureau Memo - circa 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.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 743, PA House Bill 196
Organizations:
View Item: Gay Lobby Day Committee Recruitment Flyers - 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA House Bill 196, PA Senate Bill 743
Organizations:
View Item: Gay Lobby Day Informal Report Packet - 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks), Gay Coordinating Society (GCS) Berks Art Alliance
View Item: GCS Berks Gay Liberation Stamp Design - 1976
circa 1976
Janet Cooper (left) and Sam Deetz (right), members of the PA Rural Gay Caucus, in late 1975 or early 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
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Chart - 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
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Dignity/Central PA
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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.” The report was used as a...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: US House Resolution 166, US House Resolution 5452
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Report - 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.”
This a form used to evaluate...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislator Visit Evaluation Sheet - 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.” The report was used as a type of newsletter...
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.” The report was used as a...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Sodomy Laws
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Reasons for Repeal of Sodomy Statute - 1976
January 1976
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA House Bill 196, PA Senate Bill 743
Organizations: Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho), Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - January 1976
January 28, 1976
Letter to the National Gay Task Force asking for resource materials for planning workshops in preperation for Gay Lobby Day, held on March 23, 1976.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: Letter to the National Gay Task Force (NGTF) from the Gay Lobby Day Committee - January 28, 1976
February 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.
Announcement of the...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
February 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. The...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 743
Organizations: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
View Item: Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - February 1976
February 1976
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Governor's Gay Task Force, Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - February 1976
February 12, 1976
This is an update on the planning progress of Gay Lobby Day, which was held on March 23, 1976. There is information on upcoming workshops on lobbying, recruitment, educational packets, and what to expect on Gay Lobby Day itself.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations:
View Item: Gay Lobby Day Update - February 12, 1976
March 1976
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: Human Rights Ordinance, PA State Employee Antidiscrimination Proclamation
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, Gay League of Lebanon (GLL), Gay Era, Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH), Gay Switchboard of Lancaster, Gays United Lancaster (GUL), Humans Relations Commission, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Governor's Gay Task Force, Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - March 1976
March 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.” The newsletter was used as...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Human Relations Act, PA Senate Bill 743
Organizations: Dyketactics, PA Rural Gay Caucus, Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - March 1976
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.
March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932...
March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932...
March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932...
March 1976
Benedict A. “Wesley” Trautwein was a drag performer from Waldwick, NJ. He grew up in Central PA while also working for the PA State Department of Revenue. As a drag performer, he was part of The Jewel Box Revue, a touring female drag troupe (1932...
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