Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - September 10, 1979

Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities Meeting Minutes - September 10, 1979
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Number of Pages: 
4
Date: 
September 10, 1979

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.

  • Update on the Voluntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse Statute
  • Update on Aging and Speaker's Bureau
  • Update on Alcoholism
  • Department of Welfare (DPW) Proposed Task Force 
  • Pride '79
  • General Announcements
  • Update on Workgroups
Topics: 
Sodomy Laws
People: 
Nancarrow, Mary
Huggins, James
George, Ken
Organizations: 
PA Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities
Events: 
PA Gay Conference (PRIDE)
General Subjects: 
Politics and Government
Social Reform and Advocacy
Year: 
1979
Time Period: 
1970-1979
Format: 
Meeting Minutes and Agendas
Origin: 
Gift of Joseph W. Burns
Collection: 
LGBT-001 - Burns
Location: 
LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection
Repository: 
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections