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

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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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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - July 1976

Number of Pages
17
Date
July 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 Central PA. Noteworthy news in this issues:


  • "Pennsylvania Gay Pride Week: Legislators Freak Out" (p.3)
  • "Dyke Cooper" (p.6)
  • "Gay Pride Seventy-Six" (p.8)
  • "Rural Caucus Report" (p.10)

 

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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - May 1976

Number of Pages
16
Date
May 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 Central PA. Notable news in this issues:

 

  • "Wheatland Zapped" (p. 4)
  • "Rural Caucus Report" (p. 5)
  • "State College [PA]" (p. 5)
  • "Reading [PA]" (p. 5)
  • "A Personal Expression of Gay Oppression from Lancaster, PA" (p. 12)
  • "Northumberland [PA]" (p. 13)

 

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Gay Era (Lancaster, PA) - April 1976

Number of Pages
13
Date
April 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 Central PA.

This issue was labeled incorrectly, and should be April 1976. Noteworthy news in this issue: 

  • "Supreme Court Says 'Nay' on Gay" (p. 1)
  • "Rural Caucus Report" (p. 5)
  • "Governor's Council on Sexual Minorities" (p. 8)
  • "Gay Education Day" (p. 12)
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