Joan Fleischmann collection on East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO) Bulk, 1963-1965 1963-1988

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Joan Fleischmann collection on East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO) Bulk, 1963-1965 1963-1988

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East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO) was formed in 1962 as a way for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights groups to encourage communication and cooperation. The Joan Fleischmann collection on East Coast Homophile Organizations, 1963-1988, contains early minutes of the organization, ephemera, and some of Fleischmann's original notes and correspondence.

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John J. Wilcox Jr. GLBT Archives of Philadelphia

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Fleischmann, Joan, 1940-

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"ECHO was born on January 26, 1962, when four organizations, The Daughters of Bilitis, The Mattachine Society of Washington, The Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York, and the Janus Society met in Philadelphia to investigate the possibility of developing an informal affiliation of homophile groups on the East Coast. At this meeting it was decided that closer communication and cooperation between the groups was desirable. It was also decided that ECHO should sponsor a yearly public co...

East Coast Homophile Organizations

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In January 1962, representatives of homophile organizations on the east coast met in Philadelphia and agreed to form a loose affiliation called ECHO, for East Coast Homophile Organizations. ECHO organized three successive annual conferences and also undertook sponsorship of the July 4th Annual Reminder picketing at Philadelphia's Independence Hall in 1965. The first annual conference was held in Philadelphia under the theme "Homosexuality -- Time for Reappraisal." The second conference was held ...