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2022
1990 - present
The LGBT Center of Central PA, housed in Harrisburg, PA, provides services, programs, and community space for the LGBT community in the region. These materials represent these initiatives, including the Common Roads program for youth and young...
2013
Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is the first and largest support organization for LGBTQ+ people, their parents and families, and allies through peer support, education, and advocacy. This collection contains material...
Collection: LGBT-020 - Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of Central PA
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Organizations: Parents, Families, and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG)
2013
Originally called AIDS Community Alliance, Adler Health Services aims to improve the health and wellness of individuals living with HIV/AIDS as well the larger LGBTQ+ communities in South Central PA. This collection contains advertisement...
Collection: LGBT-091 - Adler Health Services
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Organizations: Adler Health Services
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LGBT History Project: LGBT-091 Adler Health Services Collection
2007 - 2014
Lindsay Snowden was born in Pittsburgh on March 15, 1976. Lindsay joined the military at 17 and was an army nurse for nine years. After the military Lindsay stayed in nursing, while also becoming an entrepreneur. Lindsay worked on many projects...
Collection: LGBT-032 - Snowden
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Organizations: STUDS Magazine, Central PA Vipers
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-032 Lindsay Snowden Collection
1928 - 2015; Bulk Dates 1970 - 1996
Johnson and Maser met in 1975 through a mutual friend. As a couple, they saw how AIDS was affecting their community and became active in local AIDS Awareness organizations, the Lancaster AIDS Project, and the Betty Finney House, which helped...
Collection: LGBT-033 - Johnson & Maser
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: Art Against AIDS, The Names Project
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-033 Jon Johnson & Charles Maser Collection
2016 - 2017
The Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance, also known as the Borough of Carlisle Human Relations Ordinance, was passed in December 2016. This ordinance established a Human Relations Commission and protection of LGBTQ+ community in the Borough,...
Collection: LGBT-060 - Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Topics: Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-060 Carlisle Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Collection
1971 - 1994
Jan Brittan graduated from Dickinson College in 1971. This collection contains LGBTQ+ periodicals and articles. Brittan also donated books, which are listed in a separate PDF Appendix.
Collection: LGBT-064 - Brittan
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection, LGBT History Project: LGBT-064 Jan Brittan Collection Appendix
2007 - 2019
TransCentral PA is a nonprofit 501c3 organization which serves the transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming community in central Pennsylvania. It was originally formed in 1989 as the Lower Susquehanna Valley chapter of the national trans...
Collection: LGBT-088 - TransCentral PA
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Organizations: TransCentral PA
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-088 TransCentral PA Collection
May 14 and 15, 2022
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
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Organizations: Central PA Womyn's Chorus
View Item: Central PA Womyn’s Chorus “Simply Sondheim” Program - May 14 & 15, 2022
1980 - 2009
John Folby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eldest of five children, Folby was raised in a “very strict Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian family.” At age twenty-five, he relocated to Harrisburg with his partner. Shortly after moving to...
Collection: LGBT-037 - Folby
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), Act UP
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-037 John Folby Collection
1976 - 2008. 2010. 2018
Born on May 4, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY, Walter J. Lear was a physician and activist for healthcare reform and LGBTQ+ rights. He received his B.S. from Harvard in 1943, his M.D. from Long Island College of Medicine in 1946, and his M.S. in Hospital...
Collection: LGBT-089 - Lear
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View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-089 Walter J. Lear Collection
1993 - 1997
This collection contains 4 t-shirts: two from local AIDSWalks held in Harrisburg, PA by local AIDS organizations, SCAAN and AIDS Community Alliance; one from the 1993 March on Washington held in Washington, D.C.; and one created for the Dan...
Collection: LGBT-092 - Malmsheimer
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Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), AIDS Community Alliance
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-092 Richard Malmsheimer Collection
2019
The Non-Straight Motorist Green-Book was created by Pedro Zagitt for an exhibit at the Susquehanna Art Museum. After visiting the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections to explore the LGBT History Project, Zagitt was inspired by the...
