‘Nova on LGBT Inclusion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Baker bbaker@payouthcongress.org Villanova University hosts Community Forum on LGBT Inclusion University President Addresses the Campus Community Regarding the Canceled Event with Tim Miller Villanova, PA — The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) was in attendance at a Tuesday night meeting put together by a Villanova […]

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Discrimination at ‘Nova

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Baker bbaker@payouthcongress.org Discrimination at Villanova University Villanova, PA—The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) is deeply disappointed by Villanova University’s regressive decision on Monday to cancel revered LGBTQ performance artist Tim Miller’s scheduled appearance at the university, and calls on administration officials to reconsider their stance. […]

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PSEC at White House Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brandon Baker bbaker@payouthcongress.org PSEC Attends the First White House LGBT Conference PHILADELPHIA – Leaders of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) attended the first-ever White House LGBT Conference on Feb. 16. The conference focused on LGBTQ health and was hosted at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. […]

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OITS Controversy in Central PA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jason Landau Goodman jgoodman@payouthcongress.org ‘Out in the Silence’ Screening Sparks Controversy in Dallastown   YORK, PA -The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) continues to monitor an unfolding controversy in Dallastown, Pa. involving a contested screening of Emmy-award winning documentary film “Out in the Silence.” The screening, […]

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PALCB Issues Insensitive Ad

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jason Landau Goodman jgoodman@payouthcongress.org The PA Liquor Control Board pulls rape insensitive advertisement geared toward youth   HARRISBURG, PA- The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board launched an educational campaign this week targeting young Pennsylvanians about alcohol abuse. The photo campaign “Control Tonight” features young people in various […]

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Discrimination in Hershey

Discrimination in Hershey

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jason Landau Goodman jgoodman@payouthcongress.org PSEC Responds to Student Discrimination at Milton Hershey School   HARRISBURG, PA– The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) is greatly disappointed by the Milton Hershey School’s decision to deny 14-year-old honors student Abraham Smith admission to the Central Pennsylvania private and coeducational […]

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PSEC’s Roots

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Letter to EQPA from PA Youth (10/23/11) Empowered Youth Split From Equality PA; Form First Youth-led Statewide LGBT Organization   HARRISBURG, PA– Pennsylvania youth have established the first youth-led statewide LGBT organization in the nation: The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC). After a year of trying to […]

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PSEC in Washington, DC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pennsylvania LGBT Youth Leaders Take on Washington DC Washington, DC— Seven LGBT leaders from the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) took the drive into Washington DC on Wednesday night for 24 hours of meeting and lobbying. Only 3 weeks after it was established, this is the first […]

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