Great Ice Creams of the South (1984-1988): A line of ice creams based on "famous Southern dessert recipes", including chunks of real fruit and other mix-ins. Check this thread to learn about all the varieties!

We are gathering news articles related to academic/state censorship of marginalized history/topics in classrooms, projects, studies, funding, archives, exhibits, and libraries. If you know of any please post them below. Thank you!

Throughout June we will be sharing cool LGBTQ history accounts we think you should be following. This PRIDE month make sure you're dripping in Queer and Trans history by following and supporting the folks ensuring our at risk histories live on! @gerberhart @faulknermorganarchive @queerhistoryboston

Join me in giving to Invisible Histories on Give OUT Day 2026! Their work is essential to preserving Southern LGBTQ+ history, which is vital work, especially now.

Today's the day! Give OUT Day 2026 starts today and we're raising $2,500 to help support the preservation of at risk Southern LGBTQ history. Visit the link below or in our bio to support our work. Happy Pride! https://bit.ly/ihgod26

Invisible Histories is raising $2500 this Give OUT Day and early giving starts today! Visit https://bit.ly/ihgod26 if you'd like to donate. Every dollar helps save Southern LGBTQ history!

Article from the Sept 1982 Alabama Forum detailing the legal case of Baker v Wade that challenged sodomy laws. After winning locally, an appeals court reversed the lower court decision after the 1986 Bowers v Hardwick case (out of Georgia) that sustained sodomy laws until Lawrence v TX in 2003.

A sample of workshops from the 1990 16th Annual Women's Music Festival held in Indiana.

A letter sent to the Sandifer House in Jackson, MS in May, 1990. The Sandifer House was a home for HIV positive men who were not being properly cared for by medical institutions.

The space is coming together and starting to feel like a real, working archive. We cannot wait to welcome you. The best thing about a community based archive? We exist for YOU. Also thank you to the phenomenal Anthony Brummett for the incredible art design.

With the move to the new space, we have had to cancel our normal June programming. But we want to make sure you're dripping in LGBTQ history so we're featuring LGBTQ history, archive, and museum accounts that we think you should follow all month long. Tell us in the comments, who do you follow?

Want a way to push back against censorship, misinformation, and anti-DEI policies and sentiments? Then visit your local independent knowledge keeper. Your support is critical for the survival of these organizations and you’ll learn about your local community.  A win-win!

Think your materials are too messy to submit for preservation? Have no fear! This is part of one of our co-founder's (Maigen) collection and it came to the space as if a tornado and a chaos goblin had a baby. We will work with you to get them properly sorted!

The spave is coming along slowly but surely! We've ordered furniture and will be hosting multiple groups in late May. Stay tuned for appointment only hours and then the public opening in late 2026.

Making banners and signs for an event, organizing, or program? We highly encourage you to make them by hand! Read on to learn why you should make banners by hand not have them printed on plastic.

We have several free zines, guides, and publications on our website to help you learn more about Southern LGBTQ history, community based archiving, and public history! Check them out on our site on Zines, Guides, and Resources under the Resources tab. invisiblehistory.org

Check out this great piece from @conversationalist.org on people working to preserve at risk histories!

We're working to make digitally accessible this phenomenal set of interviews recorded by Donna Smith about LGBTQ people in the South. Stay tuned!

Sometimes your day is filled with industrial shelving and sparkles. These neck pieces were donated by Carol Gilliand and were wore at the 2015 Mystic Krewe of the Druids Bal Masque in Tuscaloosa, AL.

The shelves were installed today and we're so excited to get these archives up and ready for you to explore!

Today we're working on a small digitization project. The Miss Vulcan pageant was an amateur drag pageant held in Birmingham, AL in the 1990s. Thank you for the donation from David Allison who won Miss Vulcan 1996 as Rhonda Rooter.

Like many, we have been affected by reduced funding opportunities. If you are able, please support our efforts to actively preserve highly at-risk Deep South LGBTQ history by donating at  invisiblehistory.org or @IHPDonate on Venmo.

The relocation of the archives from Birmingham to Charlotte is bittersweet. While we're exciting for what's to come, we will deeply miss many phenomenal people in Alabama. AIDS Alabama and CEO Kathie Hiers are one of these.

We're moved! The archives have been relocated from Birmingham to Charlotte, shelves have been ordered, and we're working to get the space set up to open to the public later this year. Stay tuned and get ready to come drown yourself in Southern gay history!

I had a great time presenting my research related to gay and lesbian migration to Atlanta during the 1970s at the Queer History South virtual conference today! The team at @invisiblehistories.bsky.social have done an amazing job at organising this important and timely conference 🏳️‍🌈

🧵 Curious how researchers, journalists, and artists dig into the web’s past? 🌐 WAYS OF WORKING WITH THE WAYBACK MACHINE shows how the #WaybackMachine opens up a world of discovery and creativity. Learn more ⤵️ www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/18/w... 1️⃣/5️⃣ #WebArchives #DigitalResearch

Today is the final day to register for the virtual Queer History South Conference. Visit invisiblehistory.org/qhs

Tomorrow is the last day to register for the virtual Queer History South conference on February 20-21. We can't wait to see you there!

Obviously as an archive we are obsessed with publications. But did you know you don't need a large collection to donate to the archive? Have an old Pride guide? A program from a local organizing conference? We can absolutely work with you to preserve that history. Big or small we'll save it all!

Registration for the virtual Queer History South conference closes one week from today on February 18th. Check out invisiblehistory.org/qhs to see the full schedule and register today!

We love a good t-shirts and we know you do too. Got an old shirt lying around that you don't use anymore? If it's related to Southern LGBTQ history we want to save that shirt. Check out our website for how to contact us if you'd like to donate.

Who needs lions, tigers, and bears when you've got bags, flags, and merch! Do you have small items related to Southern LGBTQ history that you'd like us to preserve? Check out our website for how to contact us and let's save that history together.

Gays love a sticker, amirite? If you've got a stamp, envelope, and sticker related to Southern LGBTQ history we'd love to preserve it! Check out our website for how to contact us and let's save that history.

As the Trump administration audits federal museums, defunds libraries, and pressures institutions to erase the past, community based archives remain vital sites of resistance. We're honored to be feat alongside @invisiblehistories.bsky.social , Shorefront Legacy Center, & Community Archives Collab

The virtual Queer History South 2026 conference is less than a month away! But there's till time to register. Visit invisiblehistory.org/qhs to see the amazing schedule and grab your spot today!

You don't have to donate a large collection to be included in history. We've gotten collections of 40 boxes to 1 button. If you have a button related to Southern LGBTQ history we're happy to preserve it! Check out our website for how to contact us.

[gasps] Wow! Your gay vibe is sooo BIG 🥵😵🥰

More big gay vibes for your new year.

New Year. Same Us. Here are some photos to set the tone for 2026. We're here. We're queer. Get used to it.

Happy New Year! We can't wait to see y'all in our new archival space in 2026!

We're quickly approaching the end of the year and the shift from early registration pricing to normal registration pricing. If you're planning to attend Queer History South, make sure to register before December 31 to get a cheaper rate.

In need of a last minute surprise gift for your bigoted uncle? How about submitting a donation to save Southern LGBTQ history in his name! Let Uncle Larry know somewhere there’s a photo of a Deep South drag queen preserved for eternity all in his name. Make the holidays Mary and gay!

Invisible Histories will be closed from Dec 22-Jan 9 for winter Break. We will see y’all when we get back!

OPINION Community archives are the antidote to the erasure of LGBTQ+ history This month, President Trump chose to opt out of acknowledging World AIDS Day. It’s the first time the U.S. has not participated since the World Health Organization created this day in 1988 to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS…

Going to be around family that keeps posting weird AI photos on their Facebook this holiday season? What a great time to walk them through the exercises in our zine "How to Spot AI." Help fight disinformation one aunt at a time. Check out our website for the free digital file.

When Lindsay interviewed me back in the spring I knew that they were talking to other folks too, but I'm especially thrilled to be published in such good company as my friends Maigen and Margaret from @invisiblehistories.bsky.social. 🩷🖤🩷🖤🩷

What a fantastic story! Thank you to @inthesetimes.com and so excited to be in the company of the super badass @qzap.bsky.social

We are getting really close to the end of early registration of QHS 2026. Please make sure to get in on the conference early and save a little cash in the New Year.  We can't wait to have you there with us! Early registration will be open until December 31. invisiblehistory.org/qhs

Last week we picked up two pronoun buttons from someone who worked at a now closed university diversity office. This one hit hard as one of our founders used to work there. While it's egregious these services are being shut down, we are working to make sure their history is saved.

🧵 of good free #zines on ethical+safe digital preservation of protest & advocacy: * always RTing @invisiblehistories.bsky.social's "How to Archive a Protest: A Field Guide for Southern Memory Workers" drive.google.com/file/d/1QtFT... +