Invisible Histories
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November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Make sure to follow our Medium. Visit our website and click on Blog. We are working now to get this up and going and will be sharing posts from both Invisible Histories and outside sources soon! https://invisiblehistory.org/
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you'd like to support our work and get behind the scenes updates, join our Patreon for as little as $3 per month! We will be using this more as we become less active on Meta platforms. patreon.com/InvisibleHistoriesProject
We've updated Dirt in A Cog: Small Ways to Resist Facism that Make a Big Difference zine with a few new resources and additions. The zine is free and online for you to check out and share with others. Visit our website or link in bio to read this zine and all the others and go be dirt in the cog!
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We've updated Dirt in A Cog: Small Ways to Resist Facism that Make a Big Difference zine with a few new resources and additions. The zine is free and online for you to check out and share with others. Visit our website or link in bio to read this zine and all the others and go be dirt in the cog!
We will be slow to respond for the month of November while we're on the road. We're also working on a super secret project that we are just bursting to tell y'all about! Stay tuned you lovely dangerous homosexuals!
Want to support our work? Visit invisiblehistoy.org/support
Want to support our work? Visit invisiblehistoy.org/support
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We will be slow to respond for the month of November while we're on the road. We're also working on a super secret project that we are just bursting to tell y'all about! Stay tuned you lovely dangerous homosexuals!
Want to support our work? Visit invisiblehistoy.org/support
Want to support our work? Visit invisiblehistoy.org/support
You know what would be too spooky? Not watching The World is Watching queer history film festival hosted by us, @framelinefest and @appalshop. You simply must check it out before it ends on October 31!
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You know what would be too spooky? Not watching The World is Watching queer history film festival hosted by us, @framelinefest and @appalshop. You simply must check it out before it ends on October 31!
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
Got nothing to do this weekend? Then you should binge watch The World is Watching Queer History film festival available only until October 31! Be gay. Do crime. Watch documentaries.
Visit frameline.org/theworldiswatching or visit our bio for direct link.
Visit frameline.org/theworldiswatching or visit our bio for direct link.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Got nothing to do this weekend? Then you should binge watch The World is Watching Queer History film festival available only until October 31! Be gay. Do crime. Watch documentaries.
Visit frameline.org/theworldiswatching or visit our bio for direct link.
Visit frameline.org/theworldiswatching or visit our bio for direct link.
There's still time to watch our virtual film festival with our friends at @framelinefest and @appalshop!
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
There's still time to watch our virtual film festival with our friends at @framelinefest and @appalshop!
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching
Early registration for the 100% virtual Queer History South Conference on February 20-21, 2026 is now open! Visit invsiblehistory.org/qhs or the link in our bio to learn more, see the full schedule, and register. Early registration will be open until December 31.
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Early registration for the 100% virtual Queer History South Conference on February 20-21, 2026 is now open! Visit invsiblehistory.org/qhs or the link in our bio to learn more, see the full schedule, and register. Early registration will be open until December 31.
As you're attending a No Kings or other rally, remember to save signs and keep history! We have a handy zine that tells you how you can archive a protest.
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As you're attending a No Kings or other rally, remember to save signs and keep history! We have a handy zine that tells you how you can archive a protest.
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
Remember our Dirt in a Cog zine gives you handy dandy ways to incorporate pushing back on alt right authoritarianism into your everyday life. Check it out on our website below.
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
October 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Remember our Dirt in a Cog zine gives you handy dandy ways to incorporate pushing back on alt right authoritarianism into your everyday life. Check it out on our website below.
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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October 30, 2025
6pm Central / 7pm Eastern
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October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
October 30, 2025
6pm Central / 7pm Eastern
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April Fool's from the April 1996 issue of the Mississippi Voice. The photo shows Russian president Boris Yeltsin and Defense Minister Pavel Grachev as if they might *kiss* the caption reads: Boris Yeltsin comes out at an awards ceremony in Moscow, surprising his lover of 18 years. April FOOLS!
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
April Fool's from the April 1996 issue of the Mississippi Voice. The photo shows Russian president Boris Yeltsin and Defense Minister Pavel Grachev as if they might *kiss* the caption reads: Boris Yeltsin comes out at an awards ceremony in Moscow, surprising his lover of 18 years. April FOOLS!
Through the generous giving of an anonymous donor via the Tides Foundation, we will receive a $15,000 matching grant to help us open our new archive. So we need YOU to help us raise our goal of $15,000 to meet the match!
Visit: invisiblehistory.org/support
Visit: invisiblehistory.org/support
October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Through the generous giving of an anonymous donor via the Tides Foundation, we will receive a $15,000 matching grant to help us open our new archive. So we need YOU to help us raise our goal of $15,000 to meet the match!
Visit: invisiblehistory.org/support
Visit: invisiblehistory.org/support
Cover from the 198s Alabama Conference for Lesbians and Gay Men hosted on May 14-15 in Montgomery, AL. The theme was Grassroots: A New Beginning. The event was organized by Lambda, Inc. Alabama's first LGBTQ center founded in 1977.
September 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Cover from the 198s Alabama Conference for Lesbians and Gay Men hosted on May 14-15 in Montgomery, AL. The theme was Grassroots: A New Beginning. The event was organized by Lambda, Inc. Alabama's first LGBTQ center founded in 1977.
October 30, 2025
6pm Central / 7pm Eastern
Registration is limited so please only register if you are sure you can attend.
You will need a Zoom account to join the workshop.
Register: https://givebutter.com/howhomo2025
6pm Central / 7pm Eastern
Registration is limited so please only register if you are sure you can attend.
You will need a Zoom account to join the workshop.
Register: https://givebutter.com/howhomo2025
September 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
October 30, 2025
6pm Central / 7pm Eastern
Registration is limited so please only register if you are sure you can attend.
You will need a Zoom account to join the workshop.
Register: https://givebutter.com/howhomo2025
6pm Central / 7pm Eastern
Registration is limited so please only register if you are sure you can attend.
You will need a Zoom account to join the workshop.
Register: https://givebutter.com/howhomo2025
In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres came out on her show. People across the US were unable to watch it at home as local television stations refused to air the episode. In Birmingham, ABC 33/40 was 1 of these. A large watch party grew out of the backlash and these buttons were handed out to who attended.
September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres came out on her show. People across the US were unable to watch it at home as local television stations refused to air the episode. In Birmingham, ABC 33/40 was 1 of these. A large watch party grew out of the backlash and these buttons were handed out to who attended.
Button from the 1970s from the Georgia Gay Liberation Front.
September 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Button from the 1970s from the Georgia Gay Liberation Front.
1982 Bob Damron's Address Book. Damron guides were gay travel guides, named after traveling businessman, Bob Damron. Here you can see an explanation of the listings and some common hankie code meanings. Handkerchiefs were used to signal to other queer people what you were looking for.
September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1982 Bob Damron's Address Book. Damron guides were gay travel guides, named after traveling businessman, Bob Damron. Here you can see an explanation of the listings and some common hankie code meanings. Handkerchiefs were used to signal to other queer people what you were looking for.
Ad from a 1990 issue of This Month in Mississippi, the states longest running LGBTQ newspaper, urging readers to rally against US Senator Jesse Helms (North Carolina) and vote for his opponent Harvey Gantt (b. South Carolina, lived North Carolina).
September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ad from a 1990 issue of This Month in Mississippi, the states longest running LGBTQ newspaper, urging readers to rally against US Senator Jesse Helms (North Carolina) and vote for his opponent Harvey Gantt (b. South Carolina, lived North Carolina).
Join Invisible Histories for a one hour virtual workshop on activities and events that you and your community can do to preserve the memory and tell the story of someone you loved who has passed.
October 11, 2025
11am Central / Noon Eastern
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October 11, 2025
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September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join Invisible Histories for a one hour virtual workshop on activities and events that you and your community can do to preserve the memory and tell the story of someone you loved who has passed.
October 11, 2025
11am Central / Noon Eastern
Register: https://givebutter.com/maw2025
October 11, 2025
11am Central / Noon Eastern
Register: https://givebutter.com/maw2025
A 1994 letter to the Columbia, SC newspaper, In Unison, by a local PFLAG founder, attorney, and mother, Harriet Hancock, about her son's coming out.
September 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A 1994 letter to the Columbia, SC newspaper, In Unison, by a local PFLAG founder, attorney, and mother, Harriet Hancock, about her son's coming out.
Trans people are not a purity test.
Support for them is not optional.
If we get free, we all get free.
Fight for trans folks.
Support for them is not optional.
If we get free, we all get free.
Fight for trans folks.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trans people are not a purity test.
Support for them is not optional.
If we get free, we all get free.
Fight for trans folks.
Support for them is not optional.
If we get free, we all get free.
Fight for trans folks.
Photo of GA Rep. Nan Orrock from Atlanta speaking at South Carolina's first Gay and Lesbian Pride March. The event occurred in June 1990 in Columbia, SC and around 1000 people were in attendance. Folks from across the South drove in to support the event.
September 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Photo of GA Rep. Nan Orrock from Atlanta speaking at South Carolina's first Gay and Lesbian Pride March. The event occurred in June 1990 in Columbia, SC and around 1000 people were in attendance. Folks from across the South drove in to support the event.
Deadline Closing Soon!! Call for Proposals! Are you a librarian, archivist, historian, or memory worker preserving LGBTQ history? Join us for the 2026 Queer History South Conference!
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.
August 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Deadline Closing Soon!! Call for Proposals! Are you a librarian, archivist, historian, or memory worker preserving LGBTQ history? Join us for the 2026 Queer History South Conference!
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.
Submit a proposal by visiting invisiblehistory.org/qhs2026.