PA Rural Gay Caucus Education Committee
"Gay Switchboard Newsletter", November 1981. LGBT-061 Colin Kreitzer Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
The PA Rural Gay Caucus was established to “create affirmative action programs, counseling centers, progressive books on homosexuality for libraries, representation in student government and put sexuality and gay liberation in academic courses.” They often sought feedback from students, staff, and parents to learn more about the experiences of members of LGBTQ+ communities in a school system that privileges heterosexuality. They used newsletters to try to find ways to better support LGBTQ+ community members and to educate the general public. They had a focus on supporting LGBTQ+ identifying students as several Caucus members were impacted by suicides of LGBTQ+ youths.
Sources:
Notes on Alcoholism, circa 1978. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
PA Rural Gay Caucus Report, December 1976. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
PA Rural Gay Caucus Report, August 1976. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
Gay Era (Lancaster, PA), February 1977. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection Periodicals Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
Notes on Alcoholism, circa 1978. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
PA Rural Gay Caucus Report, December 1976. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
PA Rural Gay Caucus Report, August 1976. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
Gay Era (Lancaster, PA), February 1977. LGBT-001 Joseph W. Burns Collection Periodicals Collection. Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
