1969 Symposium Brochure
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1969 Symposium Brochure
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Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin Papers.
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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 res ear ch 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 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. PaulH. 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 DA TA 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 IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALITY WITH PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY." Dr. Lester Kirkendall
FROM THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM...
" ... TREMENOOUS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SHOULD BE REPEATED ANNUALLY," Seminary Student.
" ..... AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS." Clinical Psychologist
" ... IT REALLY BLEW MY MIND" Teacher
" ... ONE OF THE MOST FANTASTIC STYLE EXPERIENCES I HAVE EVER HAD." Student
" .... BEST SYMPOSIUM HAVE ATTENDED IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE. " Doctor
A UNIQUE EVENT SYMPOSIUM ON THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
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 ..
NATIONAL SEX AND DRUG FORUM
Supporting churches:
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CALIFORNIA DIOCESE OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NORTH BEACH MISSION LUTHERAN CHURCH
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 24-26, 1969
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THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
Symposium, October 24-26, 1969
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 ----------------
STA TE ---------- ZIP----
PROFESSION
Students, please indicate if graduate or undergraduate and major: ______ _
Will you have a car available to you during the Symposium? Yes _ No _
Age Range: 18-21_ 21-30_ 30-40_40-50_ 50 or older_
If you know of other persons who should receive this brochure, please enclose names and addresses with your registration form.
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED
EARLY APPLICATION IS URGED
Deadline is October 20.
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
"THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL''
A story that can only be told by those who live it.
Speakers from the homophile community will present material covering a wide scope of topics which are representative of problems and concerns confronting the homosexual in today's world. They will include:
• Isolation
• Creation of sub-cultures
• Homophile movement
• Drag
• Gay "marriage"
• Gay bars
• Literature and research
• Lesbianism
• Youth and the new generation of militants
• The law - civil as well as penal law reform
The draft
• Employment discrimination
• Counseling
• Multi-media presentation on sexuality
Formal presentations will be followed by in depth discussions in small task groups headed by two enablers from the homoph1le community.
TIME SCHEDULE
Registration at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, October 24. The Symposium will begin promptly at 1:30
p.m. and will include dinner at a gay bar and restaurant that evening followed by the '' late
show" 10:30 performance of "Geese" at the En core Theatre.
Morning sessions on Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26 will begin promptly at 10:00. Coffee and donuts will be served at 9:30.
The Saturday evening session will adjourn at 10:00 p.m. Optional visitations to week-end
events in the homophile community will be available to those with the stamina to go on. The Symposium will adjourn at 4:30 p.m on Sunday, October 26.
BUT ...
THERE ARE CERTAIN GROUND RULES:
Please complete the application form and mail with check payable to The Council on Religion
and the Homosexual so as to be received by Friday, October 20. This is necessary to insure
your reservation for the Friday night dinner and theatre performance. Late applicants, if accepted, will be charged an additional fee of $5.00.
The $25.00 registration fee covers resource materials, Friday dinner and theatre, but does
not include housing or other meals. A list of convenient hotels will be furnished on request.
Since the Symposium is demanding both in time and content to be covered, no part- time participation is permitted. Please do not register unless you are committed to the full program. It comes as a full package and must be experienced in its complete context for full value to all participants.
All registrants will be assigned to task groups of six or eight persons to provide ample opportunity for dialogue throughout the course of the Symposium. Couples and other groups of persons coming together will be broken up among the groups without exception, to allow for free, uninhibited group discussion.
The Symposium is designed primarily for professional persons in the counseling fields, (school teachers, lawyers, social workers, doctors, psychiatrists, clergy), and those of the "straight community" who are unfamiliar with "The Life Style of the Homosexual." Therefore,
persons who are associated with the homophile community who are already familiar with the material to be covered are not encouraged to attend.
The Symposium will be held at the Glide Foundation, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco. Phone Phyllis Lyon (771-6300) for further information.
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 res ear ch 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 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. PaulH. 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 DA TA 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 IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EQUATE HOMOSEXUALITY WITH PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY." Dr. Lester Kirkendall
FROM THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM...
" ... TREMENOOUS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SHOULD BE REPEATED ANNUALLY," Seminary Student.
" ..... AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS." Clinical Psychologist
" ... IT REALLY BLEW MY MIND" Teacher
" ... ONE OF THE MOST FANTASTIC STYLE EXPERIENCES I HAVE EVER HAD." Student
" .... BEST SYMPOSIUM HAVE ATTENDED IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE. " Doctor
A UNIQUE EVENT SYMPOSIUM ON THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
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 ..
NATIONAL SEX AND DRUG FORUM
Supporting churches:
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CALIFORNIA DIOCESE OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NORTH BEACH MISSION LUTHERAN CHURCH
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 24-26, 1969
Page 2:
THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL
Symposium, October 24-26, 1969
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 ----------------
STA TE ---------- ZIP----
PROFESSION
Students, please indicate if graduate or undergraduate and major: ______ _
Will you have a car available to you during the Symposium? Yes _ No _
Age Range: 18-21_ 21-30_ 30-40_40-50_ 50 or older_
If you know of other persons who should receive this brochure, please enclose names and addresses with your registration form.
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED
EARLY APPLICATION IS URGED
Deadline is October 20.
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
"THE LIFE STYLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL''
A story that can only be told by those who live it.
Speakers from the homophile community will present material covering a wide scope of topics which are representative of problems and concerns confronting the homosexual in today's world. They will include:
• Isolation
• Creation of sub-cultures
• Homophile movement
• Drag
• Gay "marriage"
• Gay bars
• Literature and research
• Lesbianism
• Youth and the new generation of militants
• The law - civil as well as penal law reform
The draft
• Employment discrimination
• Counseling
• Multi-media presentation on sexuality
Formal presentations will be followed by in depth discussions in small task groups headed by two enablers from the homoph1le community.
TIME SCHEDULE
Registration at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, October 24. The Symposium will begin promptly at 1:30
p.m. and will include dinner at a gay bar and restaurant that evening followed by the '' late
show" 10:30 performance of "Geese" at the En core Theatre.
Morning sessions on Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26 will begin promptly at 10:00. Coffee and donuts will be served at 9:30.
The Saturday evening session will adjourn at 10:00 p.m. Optional visitations to week-end
events in the homophile community will be available to those with the stamina to go on. The Symposium will adjourn at 4:30 p.m on Sunday, October 26.
BUT ...
THERE ARE CERTAIN GROUND RULES:
Please complete the application form and mail with check payable to The Council on Religion
and the Homosexual so as to be received by Friday, October 20. This is necessary to insure
your reservation for the Friday night dinner and theatre performance. Late applicants, if accepted, will be charged an additional fee of $5.00.
The $25.00 registration fee covers resource materials, Friday dinner and theatre, but does
not include housing or other meals. A list of convenient hotels will be furnished on request.
Since the Symposium is demanding both in time and content to be covered, no part- time participation is permitted. Please do not register unless you are committed to the full program. It comes as a full package and must be experienced in its complete context for full value to all participants.
All registrants will be assigned to task groups of six or eight persons to provide ample opportunity for dialogue throughout the course of the Symposium. Couples and other groups of persons coming together will be broken up among the groups without exception, to allow for free, uninhibited group discussion.
The Symposium is designed primarily for professional persons in the counseling fields, (school teachers, lawyers, social workers, doctors, psychiatrists, clergy), and those of the "straight community" who are unfamiliar with "The Life Style of the Homosexual." Therefore,
persons who are associated with the homophile community who are already familiar with the material to be covered are not encouraged to attend.
The Symposium will be held at the Glide Foundation, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco. Phone Phyllis Lyon (771-6300) for further information.
Citation
“1969 Symposium Brochure”, The Council on Religion and the Homosexual, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed December 23, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/crh/item/1831.