An Early Advote for Connecticut’s Gay Communy - Connecticut Explored

Contents:

• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS CLTON, CT
• WELE TO PFLAG CLTON TOWNSHIPGET TOUCHHOME: WELEWHO WE AREFOUND 1972 WH THE SIMPLE ACT OF A MOTHER PUBLICLY SUPPORTG HER GAY SON, PFLAG IS THE NATN’S LARGT FAY AND ALLY ANIZATN. MA UP OF PARENTS, FAI, IENDS, AND STRAIGHT ALLI UNED WH PEOPLE WHO ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT), PFLAG IS MTED TO ADVANCG EQUALY AND SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE OF LGBT PEOPLE THROUGH S THREEFOLD MISSN OF SUPPORT, TN AND ADVOCY. PFLAG NOW HAS OVER 350 CHAPTERS AND 200,000 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS CROSSG MULTIPLE GENERATNS OF AMERIN FAI MAJOR URBAN CENTERS, SMALL CI AND RAL AREAS ALL 50 STAT.THIS VAST GRASSROOTS WORK IS CULTIVATED, ROURCED, AND SERVICED BY PFLAG NATNAL, LOTED WASHGTON, D.C., THE NATNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND 13 REGNAL DIRECTORS.HOME: WHO WE AREACTIVIBRGG CHANGEMEETGS + SUPPORTSEE WHEN WE ARE MEETG NEXT.EVENTSCOMMUNY OUTREACHSUPPORTG THE MUNY WE ARE A PART OF THROUGH PARTICIPATN.GET TOUCHROURCELKS AND DOWNLOADS TO GIVE YOU ADDNAL . ON WHAT YOU MAY BE EXPERIENCG.ROURCE PAGEHOME: WHAT WE DOCONTACT PFLAG CLTON TOWNSHIP35127 GARFIELD RD, CLTON TWP, MI SUBMTHANKS FOR SUBMTG!HOME: CONTACTSUBSCRIBE FORM
• GAY SGL IN CLTON, CONNECTICUT, UNED STAT
• AN EARLY ADVOTE FOR CONNECTICUT’S GAY COMMUNY
• TIMELE: BILL CLTON'S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS
• TIMELE: BILL CLTON’S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS CLTON, CT

Wele To PFLAG Clton TownshipHome: WeleWho We AreFound 1972 wh the simple act of a mother publicly supportg her gay son, PFLAG is the natn’s largt fay and ally anizatn. Ma up of parents, fai, iends, and straight alli uned wh people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT), PFLAG is mted to advancg equaly and societal acceptance of LGBT people through s threefold missn of support, tn and advocy. For s durg the mid-20th century, workg out of his offic at Christ Church Cathedral Hartford and the field, Canon Clton Jon worked diligently to help members of Hartford’s gay and transsexual muny any way he uld, om dividual unselg to assistance alg wh employment and hog discrimatn.

WELE TO PFLAG CLTON TOWNSHIPGET TOUCHHOME: WELEWHO WE AREFOUND 1972 WH THE SIMPLE ACT OF A MOTHER PUBLICLY SUPPORTG HER GAY SON, PFLAG IS THE NATN’S LARGT FAY AND ALLY ANIZATN. MA UP OF PARENTS, FAI, IENDS, AND STRAIGHT ALLI UNED WH PEOPLE WHO ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT), PFLAG IS MTED TO ADVANCG EQUALY AND SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE OF LGBT PEOPLE THROUGH S THREEFOLD MISSN OF SUPPORT, TN AND ADVOCY. PFLAG NOW HAS OVER 350 CHAPTERS AND 200,000 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS CROSSG MULTIPLE GENERATNS OF AMERIN FAI MAJOR URBAN CENTERS, SMALL CI AND RAL AREAS ALL 50 STAT.THIS VAST GRASSROOTS WORK IS CULTIVATED, ROURCED, AND SERVICED BY PFLAG NATNAL, LOTED WASHGTON, D.C., THE NATNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND 13 REGNAL DIRECTORS.HOME: WHO WE AREACTIVIBRGG CHANGEMEETGS + SUPPORTSEE WHEN WE ARE MEETG NEXT.EVENTSCOMMUNY OUTREACHSUPPORTG THE MUNY WE ARE A PART OF THROUGH PARTICIPATN.GET TOUCHROURCELKS AND DOWNLOADS TO GIVE YOU ADDNAL . ON WHAT YOU MAY BE EXPERIENCG.ROURCE PAGEHOME: WHAT WE DOCONTACT PFLAG CLTON TOWNSHIP35127 GARFIELD RD, CLTON TWP, MI SUBMTHANKS FOR SUBMTG!HOME: CONTACTSUBSCRIBE FORM

As reported a profile of Jon published The Hartford Courant 1986, and further tailed his 2002 terview, while Jon was workg wh the Rehabilatn Commtee, he heard that a homosexual janor at an East Hartford school had been acced of moltg a boy and was nsequently fired. Jon, after makg sure the stunt’s well-beg was beg attend to, was ncerned that the man had been acced bee he was gay rather than bee he was guilty. The Rehabilatn Commtee began to study and explore issu related to homosexualy, but Jon and other members realized that there were so many matters to be addrsed that a new mtee was need.

When the sub-mtee first met, at the Hartford YMCA, they ed only the word “homosexualy” to direct members to the right meetg room. In later years, Jon and other members of Project H would remember that story as a prime example of how clanste people had to be about the topic of homosexualy. Henry Foundatn, a New York cy social service group for homosexuals and transsexuals, would speak, the mtee chair, Robert Casstevens, utned, “We do not want publicy sce at this pot we are not prepared to al wh qutns and quiri” [emphasis the origal].

GAY SGL IN CLTON, CONNECTICUT, UNED STAT

Jon was particularly imprsed wh the Henry Foundatn, which was found the aftermath of World War II as gay men returng om active duty gravated to New York and other ci. Keh Brown, a pneer of the gay rights movement Hartford, later med, “I don’t remember a perd of siar Henry Foundatn cells dog unselg work other parts of the untry.

In addn to tryg to help the foundatn crease s spe beyond New York, Jon, on a more personal level, sought to crease his skills as a church unselor and refe his own relig view on homosexualy by pursug a master’s gree sacred theology at New York Theologil Semary. His this, “Counselg and the Male Homosexual, ” reflects the synthis of his two ma ncerns improvg his work. Although stanc which mastream relig stutns and lears rpond publicly to homosexualy were not pecially abundant the 1960s, neher were they pletely absent.

AN EARLY ADVOTE FOR CONNECTICUT’S GAY COMMUNY

A 1963 article Christian Century addrsed the issue, characterizg homosexuals as eher “sful” or “sick [and]unreasonable. ” This attu was pletely oppose om Jon’s, who believed that homosexualy was not a disease.

His belief about the origs of homosexualy might be bt characterized by the more morn phrase “born that way. Some other clergy members shared his belief, or at least his view that homosexuals should not be rejected by the church solely on the basis of their sexual orientatn.

In San Francis, a group of Prottants had, 1965, formed a mtee that worked closely wh gay rights groups that cy.

TIMELE: BILL CLTON'S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS

Troy Perry, workg Los Angel, went even further 1968, tablishg the Metropolan Communy Church to create a welg nomatn specifilly for gay Christians. Jon, while optimistic about how church might eventually rpond to homosexual ngregants, was aware of the low opn many Christians had toward homosexuals (among those who ncerned themselv wh the issue at all).

TIMELE: BILL CLTON’S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS

Jon llected papers and pamphlets issued by those church lears who addrsed homosexualy directly, the vast majory of which were nmnatory. Jon’s personal papers, held at the GLBTQ Archiv at Central Connecticut State Library’s Elihu Burrt Library, clu both his personal not and rrponnce wh people whom he sought to help and the few pamphlets and articl Jon was able to llect relatg to relig rpons to homosexualy.

Many of the latter documents nta lorful margalia which Jon flatly rejected some of the nclns his fellow clergymen had reached explorg the issue of homosexualy. Although Jon ncentrated mostly on helpg dividual gay men and transsexuals, he kept himself rmed about natnal gay rights anizatns, most of which, the 1960s, were much more circumspect than they would be followg s. Jon also helped early gay rights groups on a lol level.