The various functions GAP sponsors are detailed elsewhere in this newsletter. These functions are carried on by volunteers concerned with getting the gay community together in every way. If you have some spare time and would like to put it ...
Nowhere publicly has Gay Alternatives Pittsburgh ever had the opportunity to thank the First Unitarian Church for the part it has played in our growth. Although in the past there have been communications problems with the Church as well as ...
In addition to the groups already meeting regularly. 3 new CR groups (Consciousness-Raising) are in the planning. CR groups provide an outlet for Gays from all backgrounds to talk and iron out personal situations in a small group of other ...
At the March 4 GAP community meeting, the wheels were set in motion to form an ad-hoc committee to provide a liason with other friendly organizations in The Pittsburgh area. Mentioned as the organizations originally to be contacted were Federated ...
One of the most important aspects of the gay liberation movement is education – especially the total education of society at large on what gay people are all about. We get one step closer to that goal each time representatives ...
As a native of Philadelphia I will hardly be blamed for maintaining a maximum of ignorance as to a definition of “Cooks Forest”. Does one generally run off on excursions to obscure places of which he knows nothing? You might ...
Saturday February 10 was the date that students of Chatham College were treated to a visit by Sydney Abbot and many other beautiful gay women. The occasion was a colloquy sponsored by the college, featuring numerous workshops concerning women with ...
Gay Alternatives Pittsburgh meets every Sunday at 8 P.M. in the First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood, Shadyside. Although much of GAPs’ work is accomplished throughout the week at smaller, open committee meetings, the Sunday meeting provides a forum for ...
Among Pittsburgh’s Saturday nightspots is the gay coffeehouse, held every week at the First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood Avenues in Shadyside. Open from 8 P.M. to about 1 A.M., it provides a non-restrictive meeting place where no age cards ...
On March 13, 1972, the idea for GAP began when Jack Baker, Sidney Abbott and Barbara Love spoke at a forum on homosexuality at the University of Pittsburgh. Since that time the gay liberation movement has really taken form in ...
Members of GAP, GSP and L-F confronted a forum on pornography held at the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocesan Building on March 3. Initial reaction to our sisters and brothers was extremely hostile as several porno opponents shouted for them to leave. ...
At the March 18, 1973 GAP community meeting a program for and about the situation of lesbian mothers will take place. Although details are incomplete at this writing, please spread the word that such a program is in the planning. ...
Ms. Bernice Hummert, a candidate on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for Judge of Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, was a guest at the March 4 GAP community meeting. Although Ms. Hummert has had limited dealings with gay people ...
The National Council of Churches was forced to confront the issue of gay liberation at its national convention held in Pittsburgh last week. The confrontation resulted from the efforts of members of Gay Alternatives Pittsburgh, Gay Students at Pitt and ...
The most confounding question a gay activist can be asked today is “Why is there a gay liberation movement?”. The most doubly confounding question is the same one, when a gay person asks the same question, and appends, “Why rock ...
On Friday, March 16 at 6 P.M., GAP will sponsor its First Anniversary Dinner and Dance to celebrate one year in existence. It will be held at the First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood Avenues in Shadyside. Tickets for the ...