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November 17 and 18, 2018
Founded in 1994, the Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “brings together a diverse group of women, united by the joy of singing, to celebrate and empower women and to affirm a positive image of lesbians and feminists.”
This event program is from...
Collection: LGBT-102 - Central PA Womyn's Chorus
Topics:
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus
View Item: Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “The Road Home” Program - November 17 & 18, 2018
November 25, 2018
William Horn, dressed as his drag persona “Miss Christina Louise,” Miss Tina for short, tells of their experiences growing up gay, performing as a Drag Queen and the various organizations they’ve been a part of in their life. After moving to...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: Drag
Organizations: Gays United Lancaster (GUL)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 133: William ''Miss Tina'' Horn
1970s to present
These images represent a cross section of the types of materials included in the LGBT Center of Central PA's History Project, which is housed in the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections....
May 2019
The Harrisburg Men’s Chorus, now the Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus, was established in 1987 in memory of Joe Tucci. They are a non-profit organization comprised of amateur singers, and their performance schedule includes two major concerts (Spring...
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Harrisburg Gay Men's Chorus
View Item: Harrisburg Gay Men's Chorus ''Two Boys Kissing'' Performance Flyers - May 2019
May 17 and 18, 2019
Founded in 1994, the Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “brings together a diverse group of women, united by the joy of singing, to celebrate and empower women and to affirm a positive image of lesbians and feminists.” This flyer promotes the Central PA...
Collection: LGBT-102 - Central PA Womyn's Chorus
Topics:
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus, Pennsylvania Immigrant and Refugee Women's Network
View Item: Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “We Rise Again” Flyer - May 17 & 18, 2019
May 19, 2019
Founded in 1994, the Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “brings together a diverse group of women, united by the joy of singing, to celebrate and empower women and to affirm a positive image of lesbians and feminists.”
This event program is from...
Collection: LGBT-102 - Central PA Womyn's Chorus
Topics: Immigration
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus, Pennsylvania Immigrant and Refugee Women's Network
View Item: Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “We Rise Again” Program - May 19, 2019
October 19, 2019
Founded in 1994, the Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “brings together a diverse group of women, united by the joy of singing, to celebrate and empower women and to affirm a positive image of lesbians and feminists.”
This postcard advertises the...
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus
View Item: Central PA Womyn's Chorus Annual Spaghetti Dinner Postcard - October 19, 2019
November 23 and 24, 2019
Founded in 1994, the Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “brings together a diverse group of women, united by the joy of singing, to celebrate and empower women and to affirm a positive image of lesbians and feminists.”
This event program is from...
2019
The Harrisburg Men’s Chorus, now the Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus, was established in 1987 in memory of Joe Tucci. They are a non-profit organization comprised of amateur singers, and their performance schedule includes two major concerts (Spring...
Collection: LGBT-014 - Loveland
Topics:
Organizations: Harrisburg Gay Men's Chorus
View Item: Harrisburg Gay Men's Chorus ''Confessions of an Elf(ie)" Performance Postcard - 2019
1987-2019
Maria DiFava was born in Lebanon County, PA in 1953. She graduated from high school and attended nursing school and ultimately became an EMT volunteer. She later worked as a mail carrier for the US Postal Service. Marie married and had three...
Collection: LGBT-086 - DiFava
Topics:
Organizations: Lebanon County Lesbians (LCL)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-086 Marie DiFava Collection
1992 - 2013
Dan Miller was born in 1956 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He earned his BA in Accounting from Elizabethtown College, later going on to get his MA in Finance from Penn State University. In October of 1990, after working for Donald L. DeMuth...
Collection: LGBT-007 - Miller
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-007 Dan Miller Collection
2011
This collection contains a campaign poster from John Campbell’s run for Harrisburg City (PA) treasurer as an openly gay candidate in 2011-2012.
Collection: LGBT-003 - Campbell
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-003 John Campbell Collection
2012
In 2012 Chris Dietz was one of a record three openly gay candidates running for state representative, and one of two from central PA. While Dietz did not win his race for PA State Representative, he has served as the openly gay president of the...
circa 2010
Founded by Andrew Park in 1996 as the Center of Lesbian and Gay rights, Equality Pennsylvania (PA) is an organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights and legislation throughout the state.
Collection: LGBT-031 - Equality PA
Topics:
Organizations: Equality PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-031 Equality PA Collection
2007-2012
This collection contains chapter information regarding the Southern Eastern Pennsylvania chapter of the Renaissance Education Association, Inc. (ROSE), a non-profit transgender support organization. This collection also includes newsletters...
Collection: LGBT-059 - ROSE
Topics:
Organizations: Renaissance Education Association, Inc.
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-059 Renaissance of Southern Eastern PA Collection
2018
The Keystone Conference is a program for transgender individuals and their allies that has been held annually in Pennsylvania since 2009. The items in this collection include programs from previous conferences and vendor materials from the 2018...
Collection: LGBT-077 - Keystone Conference
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-077 Keystone Conference Collection
2000-2014
Shaashawn Dial is as a poet, radio broadcaster, educator, author, and businesswoman. Kown as Shaashawn “The Voyce” Dial, and she released her debut spoken word album, Voycemail, after that nickname. Dial became the program director of 1400 THE...
Collection: LGBT-025 - Dial
Topics:
Organizations: LGBT Center of Central PA, Central PA Vipers
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-025 Shaashawn Dial Collection
1997, 2012, 2014
Joy Verner was born in 1963 and grew up in Franklin, PA. She relocated to Central PA to attend graduate school at Shippensburg University and performed her practicums at Dickinson College in the early 1990s. In 2008, Verner became a full-time...
Collection: LGBT-046 - Verner
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-046 Joy Verner Collection
1989 - 2013
Peg (Stoppard) Welch was born in December 1951 near Chester County, Pennsylvania. Peg was a young mother of two and worked at various jobs until joining Parents Without Partners where she met her second husband, Phil. With his help, Peg was able...
Collection: LGBT-080 - Welch
Topics: Human Relations Ordinance
Organizations: York Area LAMBDA, The Names Project
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-080 Peg & Delma Welch Collection
1985 - 2016
Opened in 1966 in the small town of Spring Grove, PA, Altland’s Ranch was the first official LGBTQ+ bar in the York area, and was the longest running LGBTQ+ bar in the county. Altland’s Ranch was abspace for the LGBTQ+ community to make their own...
Collection: LGBT-084 - Altland's Ranch
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-084 Altland's Ranch Collection
1975 - 2010
Samuel Deetz was born in Quakertown, PA on April 21, 1951 and was one of eight children. His father was a minister, so his family moved from place to place throughout his childhood, until they came back to Central PA where Deetz finished high...
2015
Nancy Helm was born in Lancaster, PA and graduated from Manheim Township High School in 1981. After graduating, she worked for a printing company and had other odd jobs before opening a hair salon with her partner. In 1991, she decided to open a...
Collection: LGBT-048 - Helm
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-048 Nancy Helm Collection
circa 2008 & 2010
Marlene Kanuck was born in 1949 in Hazleton, PA. Kanuck was a founder of the LGBT Center of Central PA, served as Vice President of the Central Pennsylvania Womyn’s Chorus, and was involved in a Harrisburg-area lesbian group called the...
Collection: LGBT-050 - Kanuck
Topics:
Organizations: Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-050 Marlene Kanuck Collection
1997 - 2012
The Central Pennsylvania Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CPGLCC) was established in 2007. It grew out of The Business Association of Gays and Lesbians (BAGAL), which was established in the 1990s by Dan Miller. Miller wanted to create an...
1975, 1980 - 2013
There materials were donated at the Lancaster PA Pride event in June 2013. The collection represents the contributions of Mark Stoner and Mary Merriman, and documents LGBTQ+ issues and activism in Lancaster County, PA.
Of particular...
Collection: LGBT-002 - Lancaster, PA Activism
Topics:
Organizations: Pink Triangle Coalition (PTC)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-002 Lancaster, PA Area Activism Collection
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