Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - April 12, 1978

Number of Pages
5
Date
April 12, 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 to end discriminatory practices and policies against all LGBTQ+ employees, clients, and program of state services. The proposed council was his instrument guaranteeing the implementation of his decree throughout the Executive Branch of state government.

Minutes for the April 12, 1978 meeting. Minutes include: 

  • The future direction of projects undertaken by the council
  • General annoucements
  • Update on the Speaker's Bureau
  • Health Committe Report
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) update
  • Employment and Education Committees Reports 
  • Pride 78 update
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Time Period
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Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Pride '78 Resolutions - April 7 - 9, 1978

Number of Pages
6
Date
April 7 - 9, 1978

List of resolutions introduced from Pride '78, a statewide gay rights conference, with notes on which were passed, amended, or failed. 

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

Gay Coordinating Society of Berks County, Reading (GCS Berks) Newsletter - June 1976

Number of Pages
6
Date
June 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 newsletter was a way to inform members and community members about LGBTQ+ issues.

Notable information in this issue includes:

  • New York City and Philadelphia Pride Parades
  • Local committees formed by the Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
  • Purpose and structure of the PA Rural Gay Caucus
  • Local participation in Equal Rights Amendment Rally
  • The opening of an alternative bookstore in Reading, PA
  • The GCS Berks Speakers Bureau
Year
Time Period
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Origin
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection
Location
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection

Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH) Newsletter - June 1981

Number of Pages
7
Date
June 1981

The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Notable articles in this issue are:

  • "A Rose" [La Rose Rouge] (p. 1)
  • "Switchboard Summer Picnic" (p. 1)
  • "June 30 - ERA Rally" (p. 3)
  • "Dignity/Central PA is Six" (p. 3)
  • "2 Flea Mkts. Net $98.38" (p. 4)
  • "Gods & Gays Part I" (p. 6)
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Time Period
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Origin
Gift of Bob Riese
Collection
Location
LGBT-030 Bob Riese Collection

Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH) Newsletter - January 1981

Number of Pages
3
Date
January 1981

The GSH Newsletter is an outreach feature of the Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg. Notable articles in this issue are:

  • "81 Officers"
  • "In the Red"
  • "8 Resolutions"
  • "81 Training"
General Subjects
Year
Time Period
Format
Origin
Gift of Bob Riese
Collection
Location
LGBT-030 Bob Riese Collection