The following suggestions were submitted on comment cards during the Greater Philadelphia Roundtable program at the William Way Community Center on March 18, 2010:
- GLBT history
- Dance history
- Social life
- Barbara Gittings
- Philadelphia’s LGBT community centers – The Attic and William Way Center
- Naming of the Walt Whitman Bridge
- ACT UP
- SPARK
- PA Hate Crimes Bill
- People with disabilities
- History going back 100 years of LGBT activism, including: 1959 – 1st pa Supreme Court case on gay rights and the right to convene; 1964 – Dewey’s Lunch Counter protest, first ever involving transgender rights; 1965-69 Independence Reminders.
- Transgender inclusiveness
- History of TG Activism – early protests and community formation in the 1990s and on.
- Nizah Morris case
- Evolution of TG groups from community-based organizations to professional programs, i.e., trans-health information project and trans-health conference; Mazzoni Center.
- Fair Practices Act – Gender Identity Amendment
- History of Black gay life (segregation of gay clubs and bars – Black gays stayed north of Market Street and south of Lombard St., and in African American neighborhoods because of racism and classism).
- Gay bars, drag balls, gay events (film festival, U of P speaker series [1970s], LGBT churches, dances by gay organizations [1970s]}.
- History of LGBTQ film festival; history of LGBTQ education — courses, out teachers, etc.
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