1968 Symposium Brochure
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1968 Symposium Brochure
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THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
Registration fee of $25 includes a packet of materials to be mailed on receipt of registration,
two dinners, ball ticket and cost of Symposium.
It does not include housing or other meals. A list of convenient and reasonable hotels wi 11
be furnished registrants.
All sessions will be held at the Glide Foundation, 330 Ellis St. , San Francisco, California 94102
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED AND WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED.
APPLICATION BLANK
MAIL TO: The Council on Religion and the Homosexual, Inc.
330 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Please make checks payable to The Council on Religion and the Homosexual or to CRH
ENCLOSED IS ( amount ) $___
FOR (number of registrants) ___
AT $25 EACH
NAME ___
ADDRESS ___
CITY ___
STATE ___ ZIP___
PROFESSION ___
STUDENT? [ ]
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED.
EARLY APPLICATION IS URGED.
WHY THIS SYMPOSIUM?
Because conventional methods of gaining information about homosexuality leave large
holes, this symposium is designed to fill in the gaps, to provide a forum in which professional
persons ( doctors, clergymen, social workers. etc. ) may talk to as well as about homosexuals.
Most conferences on the subject of homosexuality are based upon the testimony of
professional "experts" whose experience has been limited to contact with those in therapy
or those in trouble with the law.
This conference provides a rare opportunity for the professional person to get a more rounded perspective of the homosexual by visiting the homophile community and gaining a first hand view of the homosexual subculture.
For, just as a true evaluation of heterosexuality cannot be based on the small segment of the heterosexual population which gets in trouble, the professional "experts" cannot possibly provide a total view of the homophile community from their small, selected sample.
The Symposium will be of utmost value to all who, in their professional work, are
called upon to counsel youth or young adults. But more, it will be a unique opportunity to
unlearn stereotypes fostered by myth and misinformation and to meet head-on the humanity and humanness of the homosexual.
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 24, 1968
THURSDAY EVENING
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Registration
6:30 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Orientation; Film: "One In Twenty"
10:00 PM Reactor Panel
OCTOBER 25, 1968
FRIDAY MORNING
9:00 AM "Telling It Like It ls"- - Problems of Communication and Research on Homosexuality.
10:45 AM Task groups meet to discuss the above. *
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
2:00 PM "Life Style of the Homosexual" - - isolation, creation of subcultures, drag, gay marriage, gay bars, other social groupings.
3:45 PM Task Groups Meet.
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00 PM Dinner and visitation experiences in the gay community.
OCTOBER 26, 1968
SATURDAY MORNING
9:00 AM "In Bed With The Law" an examination of the law in regard to a sex acts.
"Homosexuality and the Armed Forces" - - The problems facing young men about to be drafted or already in the service.
SATURDAY MORNING
(Continued)
"Homosexuality and Employment - - Including the myth of susceptibility to blackmail, etc.
10:30 AM Questions and talk- back
11:00 AM Task Groups meet.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
2:00 PM Task groups meet with emphasis on counseling problems.
4:00 PM Task groups report significant ideas and suggestions which should be shared.
SATURDAY EVENING
8:00 PM Multi- media collage of homosexual life style including film, poetry, etc.
OCTOBER 27, 1968
SUNDAY MORNING
11 :00 AM "The Church and the Homosexual" - - Worship service at Glide Church.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
2 :00 PM "The Teenage Homosexual" - - flow can the home and the community help teenagers deal with homosexual tendencies? Where can they get help?
SUNDAY EVENING
9:00 PM Tavern Guild Halloween Ball, "Pumpkin Panic".
* All participants will be assigned to a small Task Group headed by two enablers from the Homophile Community.
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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COUNCIL ON RELIGION AND THE HOMOSEXUAL IS TO PROMOTE CONTINUING DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AND HOMOSEXUALS
IN ORDER TO DO THIS, AND IN ENDEAVORING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER
THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF VARIATION IN HUMAN SEXUALITY, CRH SETS FORTH THESE GOALS AND PURPOSES:
To orient members of religious communities on aspects of homosexuality in accordance with homosexual testimony and available scientific data.
To study systematically the deeper dynamics of authentic human relationships from the
biblical, theological and social science perspectives.
To encourage members of the religious communities to provide opportunities for homosexuals of both sexes to present their views of homosexuality to various religious organizations.
To open up channels of communication so that members of the religious communities may
engage in dialogue with homosexuals in order to bring about new and deeper understanding
of sexuality, morality, ethical behavior and the life of religious faith.
To engage in research which will further understanding of homosexuality within the larger framework of the present sexual revolution.
To enlist the aid of religious publications and other media in working toward a broadened
editorial policy including more accurate and objective articles on homosexuality.
To provide an effective voice throughout the nation in matters of laws, policies and penal reforms governing adult sexual behavior.
To help professional people working in mental health and counseling fields to understand better their role in dealing with problems of human sexuality in our society with special
reference to young people.
To instigate the formation of similar councils on religion and the homosexual in other areas
of the nation and the world.
WHAT IS A HOMOSEXUAL
A STATEMENT ISSUED IN AUGUST, 1966, BY DOCTOR JOEL FORT, PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST AND SOCIOLOGIST CRIMINOLOGIST; DOCTOR EVELYN G. HOOKER, RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST UCLA; DOCTOR JOE K. ADAMS PSYCHOLOGIST AND FORMER MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Homosexuals, like heterosexuals, should be treated as individual human beings, not as a special group, either by law or social agencies or employers.
Laws governing sexual behavior should be reformed to deal only with clearly anti-social
behavior involving violence or youth. The sexual behavior of individual adults by mutual
consent in private should not be a matter of public concern.
Some homosexuals, like some heterosexuals, are ill: some homosexuals, like some heterosexuals, are pre-occupied with sex as a way of life. But probably for a majority of adults
their sexual orientation constitutes only one component of a much more complicated life
style.
"HOMOSEXUALITY PER SE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ..... " Dr. Norman
Reider.
" ...... CURRENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SHOWS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR CLASSIFYING
HOMOSEXUALS AUTOMATICALLY AS PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITIES." Dr. Judd Marmor.
"HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR CANNOT POSSIBLY BE INTERPRETED AS EVIDENCE OF PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY." Dr. Harry Benjamin.
" .. HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A PATHOLOGY IN ITSELF NOR NECESSARILY A SYMPTOM
OF SOME OTHER PATHOLOGY." Dr. Paul H. Gebhard.
"IT IS GROSSLY INACCURATE TO CONFOUND PSYCHOPATHIC OR SOCIOPATHIC
CHARACTERISTICS WITH SEXUAL PREFERENCE." Dr. Ray B. Evans.
"IN MY JUDGMENT, HOMOSEXUALITY IS NEITHER A BODILY DISEASE, NOR A MENTAL
ILLNESS, NOR A SYMPTOM OR MANIFESTATION OF 'PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY'."
Dr. Thomas S. Szasz
"THE AVAILABLE DATA INDICATE ANY HOMOSEXUAL WOULD BE NO MORE LIKELY
TO BE PSYCHOPATHIC THAN ANY RANDOMLY SELECTED HETEROSEXUAL." Dr. Peter
M. Bentler.
"JUST AS HETEROSEXUALITY CANNOT BE AUTOMATICALLY EQUATED WITH HEALTHY PERSONALITIES, SO IS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALITY WITH 'PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY'." Dr. Lester A. Kirkendall
A Unique First Time Event
A Symposium ON THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
October 24- 27, 1968
The Glide Foundation
San Francisco
Sponsored By THE COUNCIL ON RELIGION AND THE HOMOSEXUAL, INC.
In cooperation with members of: Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., Mattachine Society, Inc., Society for Individual Rights, Inc, Tavern Guild of San Francisco, Inc.
THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
Registration fee of $25 includes a packet of materials to be mailed on receipt of registration,
two dinners, ball ticket and cost of Symposium.
It does not include housing or other meals. A list of convenient and reasonable hotels wi 11
be furnished registrants.
All sessions will be held at the Glide Foundation, 330 Ellis St. , San Francisco, California 94102
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED AND WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED.
APPLICATION BLANK
MAIL TO: The Council on Religion and the Homosexual, Inc.
330 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Please make checks payable to The Council on Religion and the Homosexual or to CRH
ENCLOSED IS ( amount ) $___
FOR (number of registrants) ___
AT $25 EACH
NAME ___
ADDRESS ___
CITY ___
STATE ___ ZIP___
PROFESSION ___
STUDENT? [ ]
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED.
EARLY APPLICATION IS URGED.
WHY THIS SYMPOSIUM?
Because conventional methods of gaining information about homosexuality leave large
holes, this symposium is designed to fill in the gaps, to provide a forum in which professional
persons ( doctors, clergymen, social workers. etc. ) may talk to as well as about homosexuals.
Most conferences on the subject of homosexuality are based upon the testimony of
professional "experts" whose experience has been limited to contact with those in therapy
or those in trouble with the law.
This conference provides a rare opportunity for the professional person to get a more rounded perspective of the homosexual by visiting the homophile community and gaining a first hand view of the homosexual subculture.
For, just as a true evaluation of heterosexuality cannot be based on the small segment of the heterosexual population which gets in trouble, the professional "experts" cannot possibly provide a total view of the homophile community from their small, selected sample.
The Symposium will be of utmost value to all who, in their professional work, are
called upon to counsel youth or young adults. But more, it will be a unique opportunity to
unlearn stereotypes fostered by myth and misinformation and to meet head-on the humanity and humanness of the homosexual.
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 24, 1968
THURSDAY EVENING
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Registration
6:30 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Orientation; Film: "One In Twenty"
10:00 PM Reactor Panel
OCTOBER 25, 1968
FRIDAY MORNING
9:00 AM "Telling It Like It ls"- - Problems of Communication and Research on Homosexuality.
10:45 AM Task groups meet to discuss the above. *
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
2:00 PM "Life Style of the Homosexual" - - isolation, creation of subcultures, drag, gay marriage, gay bars, other social groupings.
3:45 PM Task Groups Meet.
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00 PM Dinner and visitation experiences in the gay community.
OCTOBER 26, 1968
SATURDAY MORNING
9:00 AM "In Bed With The Law" an examination of the law in regard to a sex acts.
"Homosexuality and the Armed Forces" - - The problems facing young men about to be drafted or already in the service.
SATURDAY MORNING
(Continued)
"Homosexuality and Employment - - Including the myth of susceptibility to blackmail, etc.
10:30 AM Questions and talk- back
11:00 AM Task Groups meet.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
2:00 PM Task groups meet with emphasis on counseling problems.
4:00 PM Task groups report significant ideas and suggestions which should be shared.
SATURDAY EVENING
8:00 PM Multi- media collage of homosexual life style including film, poetry, etc.
OCTOBER 27, 1968
SUNDAY MORNING
11 :00 AM "The Church and the Homosexual" - - Worship service at Glide Church.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
2 :00 PM "The Teenage Homosexual" - - flow can the home and the community help teenagers deal with homosexual tendencies? Where can they get help?
SUNDAY EVENING
9:00 PM Tavern Guild Halloween Ball, "Pumpkin Panic".
* All participants will be assigned to a small Task Group headed by two enablers from the Homophile Community.
Page 2:
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COUNCIL ON RELIGION AND THE HOMOSEXUAL IS TO PROMOTE CONTINUING DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AND HOMOSEXUALS
IN ORDER TO DO THIS, AND IN ENDEAVORING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER
THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF VARIATION IN HUMAN SEXUALITY, CRH SETS FORTH THESE GOALS AND PURPOSES:
To orient members of religious communities on aspects of homosexuality in accordance with homosexual testimony and available scientific data.
To study systematically the deeper dynamics of authentic human relationships from the
biblical, theological and social science perspectives.
To encourage members of the religious communities to provide opportunities for homosexuals of both sexes to present their views of homosexuality to various religious organizations.
To open up channels of communication so that members of the religious communities may
engage in dialogue with homosexuals in order to bring about new and deeper understanding
of sexuality, morality, ethical behavior and the life of religious faith.
To engage in research which will further understanding of homosexuality within the larger framework of the present sexual revolution.
To enlist the aid of religious publications and other media in working toward a broadened
editorial policy including more accurate and objective articles on homosexuality.
To provide an effective voice throughout the nation in matters of laws, policies and penal reforms governing adult sexual behavior.
To help professional people working in mental health and counseling fields to understand better their role in dealing with problems of human sexuality in our society with special
reference to young people.
To instigate the formation of similar councils on religion and the homosexual in other areas
of the nation and the world.
WHAT IS A HOMOSEXUAL
A STATEMENT ISSUED IN AUGUST, 1966, BY DOCTOR JOEL FORT, PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST AND SOCIOLOGIST CRIMINOLOGIST; DOCTOR EVELYN G. HOOKER, RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST UCLA; DOCTOR JOE K. ADAMS PSYCHOLOGIST AND FORMER MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Homosexuals, like heterosexuals, should be treated as individual human beings, not as a special group, either by law or social agencies or employers.
Laws governing sexual behavior should be reformed to deal only with clearly anti-social
behavior involving violence or youth. The sexual behavior of individual adults by mutual
consent in private should not be a matter of public concern.
Some homosexuals, like some heterosexuals, are ill: some homosexuals, like some heterosexuals, are pre-occupied with sex as a way of life. But probably for a majority of adults
their sexual orientation constitutes only one component of a much more complicated life
style.
"HOMOSEXUALITY PER SE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ..... " Dr. Norman
Reider.
" ...... CURRENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SHOWS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR CLASSIFYING
HOMOSEXUALS AUTOMATICALLY AS PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITIES." Dr. Judd Marmor.
"HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR CANNOT POSSIBLY BE INTERPRETED AS EVIDENCE OF PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY." Dr. Harry Benjamin.
" .. HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A PATHOLOGY IN ITSELF NOR NECESSARILY A SYMPTOM
OF SOME OTHER PATHOLOGY." Dr. Paul H. Gebhard.
"IT IS GROSSLY INACCURATE TO CONFOUND PSYCHOPATHIC OR SOCIOPATHIC
CHARACTERISTICS WITH SEXUAL PREFERENCE." Dr. Ray B. Evans.
"IN MY JUDGMENT, HOMOSEXUALITY IS NEITHER A BODILY DISEASE, NOR A MENTAL
ILLNESS, NOR A SYMPTOM OR MANIFESTATION OF 'PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY'."
Dr. Thomas S. Szasz
"THE AVAILABLE DATA INDICATE ANY HOMOSEXUAL WOULD BE NO MORE LIKELY
TO BE PSYCHOPATHIC THAN ANY RANDOMLY SELECTED HETEROSEXUAL." Dr. Peter
M. Bentler.
"JUST AS HETEROSEXUALITY CANNOT BE AUTOMATICALLY EQUATED WITH HEALTHY PERSONALITIES, SO IS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALITY WITH 'PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY'." Dr. Lester A. Kirkendall
A Unique First Time Event
A Symposium ON THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
October 24- 27, 1968
The Glide Foundation
San Francisco
Sponsored By THE COUNCIL ON RELIGION AND THE HOMOSEXUAL, INC.
In cooperation with members of: Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., Mattachine Society, Inc., Society for Individual Rights, Inc, Tavern Guild of San Francisco, Inc.
Citation
“1968 Symposium Brochure”, The Council on Religion and the Homosexual, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed May 18, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/crh/item/1830.