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March 1977
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."
In these minutes general information...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, Sodomy Repeal Bill
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - March 1977
March 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Sodomy Repeal Bill, PA Senate Bill 83, Human Relations Ordinance, Inclusivity
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Gay Youth of Central PA
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - March 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, National Gay Task Force (NGTF)
View Item: Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - March 4, 1977
March 9, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities ''Highlights of the Year'' Draft - March 9, 1977
March 9, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Memo - March 9, 1977
March 28, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - March 28, 1977
April 1977
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: PA Senate Bill 83
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Metropolitan Community Church (MCC)
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - April 1977
April 1977
The Keystone newsletter was an educational and communication feature of Dignity/Central PA Inc. Noteworthy news in this issues:
- "From Your President: Don't Do This to Me!" (p. 1)
- "Reflections - Workshop on Assertiveness" (p...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Coming Out
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA Education and Social Outreach Committee
View Item: Keystone (Dignity/Central PA) - April 1977
April 1977
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.”
In these minutes general information...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, MCC Harrisburg
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - April 1977
April 1977
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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - April 1977
April 2, 1977
Dignity/Central PA and Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) invitation flyer for the Passover meal on April 2, 1977.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), Dignity/Central PA
View Item: Dignity/Central PA, Passover Flyer - April 2, 1977
April 2, 1977
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.”
In this letter, the Caucus is writing...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Human Rights Ordinance
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho)
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter - April 2, 1977
April 18, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: Sodomy Laws
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Memo - April 18, 1977
April 19, 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Bulletin - April 19, 1977
May 1977
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 Senate Bill 531, Sodomy Laws
Organizations: Gay Switchboard of Lancaster, Gay Awareness of Millersville State College, National Gay Task Force (NGTF)
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - May 1977
May/June 1977
The Keystone newsletter was an educational and communication feature of Dignity/Central PA Inc. Noteworthy articles in this issue:
- "To Ms. Bryant" (p. 1)
- "Notes from the President" (p. 2)
- "Notes from Paul" (p. 5)...
May 1977
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 - May 1977
May 1977
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.”
In these minutes general information...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, Abortion Laws
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Coalition for Human Rights, MCC Harrisburg
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - May 1977
May 1977
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: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531, PA House Bill 71, Sodomy Laws, Abortion Laws, Youth, Community Center
Organizations: PA Rural Gay Caucus, Coalition of Human Rights, MCC Harrisburg
View Item: PA Rural Gay Caucus Report - May 1977
May 1977
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...
May 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...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 83, PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations: PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities, MCC Philadelphia, Coalition of Human Rights
View Item: Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - May 4, 1977
May 24, 1977
Announcement letter and informational flyer for Human Rights Day, held May 24, 1977 at Harrisburg, PA.
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics: PA Senate Bill 531
Organizations:
View Item: Human Rights Day Announcement and Flyer - May 24, 1977
June 1977
Flyer created by the Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) giving information to protest Anita Bryant by writing to the Florida Citrus Commission saying that LGBT community will not buy Florida Oragne Juice if they keeps...
Collection: LGBT-001 - Burns
Topics:
Organizations: Florida Citrus Commission, Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks)
View Item: Anita Bryant Boycott Flyer - June 1977
June 1977
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: National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Gay Era, PA Rural Gay Caucus, Dignity/Central PA
View Item: Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - June 1977
June 1977
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: Homophiles of Williamsport (HOW), PA Rural Gay Caucus
View Item: Here's How (Williamsport, PA) - June 1977