Our fight sprang from the movement to treat all people equally, regardless of race, creed, color or sex. In their report, they wrote: “For decades, we lesbians and gay men have fought for our right to love in a society that has denied us our dignity. In 19, they conducted surveys and unannounced observations to investigate admissions policies, employment practices, patrons’ demographic characteristics, and the treatment of patrons. The Coalition was composed of Beth Ahavah, Black and White Men Together, Dignity/Philadelphia, Gay Fathers of Greater Philadelphia, Integrity, the Mayor’s Commission on Sexual Minorities, Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force and Sisterspace of Philadelphia.
In 1986, The Coalition on Lesbian and Gay Bar Policies released a report confirming a pattern of exclusivity reflective of race and gender based bias in lesbian and gay bars of Greater Philadelphia.
