Harrisburg gay
The Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus was founded in 1987 and celebrates the LGBT experience in the central Pennsylvania region and beyond, delighting and entertaining audiences with amusement, vibrant and gay-positive musical programs. It is comprised of men from diverse paths and origins, uniting in essence with a prevalent love of harmony to build bridges of understanding in our community through our music and public outreach actions. We challenge ourselves to grow in integrity, harmony and appreciation of our individual gifts of music, while creating experiences that entertain, empower and enlighten all those that hear our song.
The chorus has literally traveled from one end of the country to the other to perform…..from Carnegie Hall in New York, NY to the Civic Auditorium in San Jose, CA – with many locations in between. In September 1999, the Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus became a resident choral company of the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg, and has hosted and performed with several nationally acclaimed performers such as opera soprano Marilyn Horne, jazz singer, anthem writer, actress Ann Hampton Callaway and singer, songwriter Judy Collins.
Gay Switchboard of Harrisburg (GSH)
LGBT Oral History 060: Colin Kreitzer
Colin Kreitzer was born in 1947 in Enola, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania with his parents and his younger sister. He attended West Chester College and moved to Harrisburg in 1977, where he began getting deeply interested in the gay community through activism and social activities. In this interview Colin reviews his involvement in the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg, Dignity, Metropolitan Community Church, and volleyball. He also talks about the stigma of growing up as a closeted gay man, the bullying he experienced in central and secondary school, and how he came to accept his sexuality and come out when he was in college. He discusses his past relationships and the struggles that he has experienced trying to forge sound , emotional connections with others. Colin is also involved in Alcoholics Anonymous, and explains the principles he has gained from the organization and the changes in his own character and behavior.
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LGBT Oral History - Kreitzer, Colin - 060
LGBT Oral History 035: John Folby
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The Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol is elegantly elaborate — marble, brass, bronze, statues, chandeliers. But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself.
In my experience, I’ve been to more than 90 countries around the world, and to this day, my least favorite place on Planet remains Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. And yet, here I am — on deadline, riding Amtrak to Harrisburg. Why? History calls.
To understand how I first ended up in Harrisburg in 1974, you need to recognize a bit of my backstory. If you’re not familiar, here’s the limited version:
I was 18 in 1969 and inside the Stonewall Inn the darkness it was raided. I’m the guy who wrote “Tomorrow Night Stonewall” on the street. I was a member of Recent York’s Gay Liberation Front, and I launched a campaign against the TV networks, disrupting live national broadcasts — including the ”CBS Evening News” with a guy named Walter Cronkite.
So, how did interrupting “CBS Evening News” in New York lead me to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania?
After that disruption, for the first time ever, TV chat shows began inviting a few of us who were openly LGBTQ+ onto their programs. That campaign cracked open the media closet and gave us a platform to narrate our sto
Harrisburg PA – Attention on the Lgbtq+ Midtown Neighborhood
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is a smaller, historical city that sits on the east bank of Susquehanna River. Located just 105 northwest of Philadelphia, it is the capital city of Pennsylvania. It also has a very huge openly gay people called Midtown which is an area delineated by Forster Street to the north, 7th Road to the east and the Susquehanna River to the west. Some of the city’s most gorgeous spaces are rehabilitated old warehouses that used to be part of the city’s history as a steel town.
The city itself is only 59,000 people and it has a mostly traditional architectural skyline that has not changed much since its colonial roots. There are currently 7,628 people living in the Midtown neighborhood, which enjoys more cultural diversity than the recover of the city.
Midtown is home to one of the oldest bookstores in the U.S. acknowledged as the Midtown Scholar Bookstore and Famous Reading Café. It is also home to a campus of the Harrisburg Area People Theater and the Midtown Theater, which is an independent, foreign film theater. On 3rd lane there is a huge pla