PA Rural Gay Caucus Pride '78 Brochure - January 20, 1978

Number of Pages
4
Date
January 20, 1978

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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

This is the original brochure for Pride 1978, that was later rescheduled to April 1978.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Memo - June 22, 1976

Number of Pages
5
Date
June 22, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

This memo encourages the Legislative Committee of the PA Rural Gay Caucus to establish a strategy to handle legislative issues in an organized fashion, starting with education of legislators.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Position Paper Draft - 1976

Number of Pages
4
Date
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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

This a draft of the position paper that the Caucus wrote up in support of Sodomy Status Repeal Bill. It lays out the philosophical premise, strategy, and organization that was needed to show support of the repeal bill.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
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LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting Notice - May 1978

Number of Pages
2
Date
May 1978

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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

This meeting notice gives the location of the next Caucus meeting, as well as the location of the “Governor’s Race Committee” meeting.

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

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Meeting Notice - July 10, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
July 10, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

This Legislative Committee meeting notice gives the location and date of the next meeting, and the topics that were discussed.

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

PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting Notice - April 3, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
April 3, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

This meeting notice gives the location of the next Rural Gay Caucus meeting, along with directions to the meeting location.

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

PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - February 1978

Number of Pages
2
Date
February 1978

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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

In these minutes, the caucus discusses the rescheduling of PA Pride Conference 1978.

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

PA Rural Gay Caucus Minutes - June 4, 1977

Number of Pages
2
Date
June 4, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

In these minutes, the caucus discusses the reports of various committees and provides an evaluation of Human Rights Day. They also brainstorm ideas for the next Rural Conference and nominations for the secretary position.

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

PA Rural Gay Caucus Meeting Minutes - October 1976

Number of Pages
3
Date
October 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.” 

In these minutes, the Rural Gay Caucus announces two upcoming events, the appearance of Dr. Frank Kameny, a gay activist, and a hay-ride coordinated by GCS Berks. The minutes also announce the location of the next meeting for both the general caucus and the communication committee.

People
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - May 22, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
May 22, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In these meeting minutes the Legislative Committee reports on the Legislative Education Packet that was created called “Gay Legislation ’76, Pennsylvania,” which was an endorsement of Gay Rights. There was no new legislation introduced, and the committee discussed the next steps since “Hill’s Bill” was not able to be introduced in the Senate.
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - May 8, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
May 8, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In these minutes, the Legislative Committee updates members on the legislation being considered, and the process of contacting legislators from Gay Lobby Day was discussed.
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Time Period
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Minutes - April 24, 1976

Number of Pages
3
Date
April 24, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In these minutes, the Legislative Committee discuss issues at the local, state, and federal level. They also provide data on the recent Gay Lobby Day, and propaganda and advertisement ideas.
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Memo - February 18, 1977

Number of Pages
3
Date
February 18, 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.” In this memo, Joseph W. Burns encourage members to lobby against PA Senate Bill 83 that was introduced into the PA Senate on January 4, 1977.
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns

PA Rural Gay Caucus Memo - June 20, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
June 20, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In this memo, Bill Hollabaugh mentions the next meeting of the Legislative Committee of the Caucus to discuss the continuation of lobbying for the repeal of the Sodomy Law status.
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Memo - June 8, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
June 8, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In this memo, Bill Hollabaugh discusses the logistics of the joint meeting between the Caucus and the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities.
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Time Period
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns

PA Rural Gay Caucus Memo - May 19, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
May 19, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community. In this memo, Bill Hallobaugh discuses the next steps for the Caucus to continue lobbying for the removal of the Sodomy status in PA law.
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns

PA Rural Gay Caucus Memo - April 17, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
April 17, 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 outreach to the Central PA LGBTQ community.

In this memo, Sam Deetz is explaining how to get to the location for the next meeting of the Legislative Action Committee.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter from the Editor - October 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
October 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.”

In this letter, Joseph Burns tells members of the departure of Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho) from the group due to division among the group. He also goes on to talk about the protentional for growth and change within the caucus, starting with the next meeting, where they will decide if the caucus stays an organization or dissolves.

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

PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter - April 2, 1977

Number of Pages
2
Date
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 to the Majoyr of Allentown, PA in support of the adding sexual orientation preferences as a protection clause in the Human Rights Ordinance.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
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LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter - February 1, 1977

Number of Pages
2
Date
February 1, 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, it is told that Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho) has decided to reaffiliate with the PA Rural Gay Caucus.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Letter - November 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
November 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.”

In this letter, Joseph W. Burns mentions the joint meeting between the Governor's Council on Sexual Minorities and the PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee. At this joint meeting, they will be looking at expand the "Hill" Bill to include more issues in addition to the repeal of the Sodomy Laws.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
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LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns

PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter - circa October 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
circa October 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.”

In this letter, Lehigh Valley Homophile Organization (Le-Hi-Ho) withdraws their support and recall their liaison from the PA Rural Gay Caucus due to breakdown of cooperation among members.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
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Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns

PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter - September 20, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
September 20, 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.”

In this letter, Barry Lace encourages committeepersons to respond to the position paper sent to them about the repeal of the Sodomy Laws.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
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LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns

PA Rural Gay Caucus Legislative Committee Letter - August 11, 1976

Number of Pages
3
Date
August 11, 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 letter was written by Barry Lace introducing himself as the new Chairperson for the Caucus, specifically for the Legislative Committee.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
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LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns

PA Rural Gay Caucus Letter - July 22, 1976

Number of Pages
2
Date
July 22, 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.”

In this letter, the Caucus informs the PA House of Representatives it's disappointment in their action of passing a resolution that rejected Governor Milton J. Shapp's proclamation making June 12-19 as Gay Pride Week.

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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
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LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns