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.

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 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.

Check out this article by @theadvocatebr.bsky.social featuring Invisible Histories

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.

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.

The "How to Spot AI Images on Social Media" workbook describes issues with machine generated images (AI) particularly as they are used on social media.  Visit https://invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides-research/ to view the guide.

1987 ad from This Month in Mississippi, the state's longest running LGBTQ newspaper, for Jill's, a lesbian bar in Jackson. The bar and many other gay bars were owned and operated by Jack Myers.

Time Out Youth, a youth LGBTQ center in Charlotte, NC, marching in a 1995 Pride parade.

Join Invisible Histories for this free virtual workshop wherein we will cover ways that you can prepare ahead of dangerous weather to protect your personal documents and history.  Register in bio or https://f.mtr.cool/kzitnyahuk

At the height of the pandemic, queer gathering spaces were dwindling—they’re back, and Gen Z is the reason why. Featuring @jgieseking.bsky.social, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social and @mccdenomination.bsky.social

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Happy Pride weekend, Charlotte! We can't wait to open up our new archive there and welcome everyone to see the AMAZING Southern LGBTQ history we've collected. In the meantime, take a look at this Pride newsletter from 1994. Bull Dyke in a Queen City? Sign us up!

A guide to what to do when you’re arrested for transgender and gender nonconforming people from the October 1980 Gender News issue.

Love of Our Lives is a history preservation campaign and future exhibit designed by Indivisible Histories to highlight the love and community of LGBTQ in the US South.  Upload your photo here: https://bit.ly/loveoflives

Deadline Extension!! 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.

The work doesn't stop! While we're preparing for the big relocation, we're still saving Southern LGBTQ history. We've collected so much this year we've had to buy more storage for our boxes. Goodbye meeting table. Hello new archives. Reach out if you've got a collection!

Invisible Histories Who are we? A community based archive is an archive created by the community for the community. Invisible Histories is a Southern LGBTQ archive created for and by Southern LGBTQ people. That means we’re here for you!

Help needed! Do you know of a diversty, equity, inclusion, or accessibility office in the US that has been closed or is in the process of closing? Then let us know and help save the history of that office before it's lost forever.  Visit: https://bit.ly/DEIAclose2

Deadline Extension!! 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.

Deadline Extension!! 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.

Invisible Histories will be closed July 18-August 1 so that our staff may rest and prepare for the work ahead. We will not be responding to emails or messages during this time.  We'll see y'all when we get back.

Help needed! Do you know of a diversty, equity, inclusion, or accessibility office in the US that has been closed or is in the process of closing? Then let us know and help save the history of that office before it's lost forever.  Visit: https://bit.ly/DEIAclose2

Deadline Extension!! 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.

If you are gleeful in the tragedies of the South, you condemn the highest number of LGBTQ, Black, poor, and disabled people in the country. You take joy in the suffering of the marginalized. For shame.

@invisiblehistories.bsky.social is opening a new archival space in Charlotte, N.C.! But after losing $30K in federal funding due to an executive order, they need our help to bridge the gap. Every dollar fuels their mission to preserve Southern LGBTQ history. Donate: invisiblehistory.org/support.

NC Pride History! In 1980s Charlotte, LGBTQ+ activists marched in DC with a huge “Gay Charlotte” banner and launched the city’s first official Pride Week in 1984. Workshops, affirming churches, and bold calls for justice made the Queen City impossible to ignore.

On this day in History! Atlanta Pride began June 27, 1971, as LGBTQ+ Georgians marched with banners declaring “GAY POWER” and “GAY LIBERATION NOW.” Just two years after Stonewall, they made queer Southern history. Footage held at UGA Libraries.

Florida’s early Prides grew from protest. In 1977, marches and activism rose in defiance of Anita Bryant’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. If you know elders with stories from Florida Prides, ask them! To share memories with the archive, email: [email protected].

SC Pride turns 35 this year! As we celebrate Y2K25, we are also looking for early SC Pride history. Know someone with stories or photos from early marches in South Carolina? Please connect them with us!

Beep! Beep! Get in be-tches, we’re moving to Charlotte! You can help by visiting: https://invisiblehistory.org/support/ If you give $5 or $5,000, every single dollar matters and is deeply appreciated.

Alabama Pride in the Archives! This banner from 1990 Pride in Alabama is currently preserved in the Birmingham Public Library in partnership with Invisible Histories. If you would like to use this collection or any of our collections for research, reach out to us at [email protected].

Over 1,500 people marched in Durham on June 27, 1981, for North Carolina’s first official Pride. Organized by the Triangle Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee, the march became a turning point for LGBTQ+ visibility in the state.

Pride in the Archives! In 1989 & 1990, Atlanta Pride grew into a major movement for LGBTQ+ rights. Thousands marched under banners like “We March for Those Who Can’t,” demanding housing, dignity, and visibility. Photos from Southern Voice now live in the Digital Library of Georgia.

On June 25, 1989, Mississippi held its first documented Pride rally at Smith Park in Jackson. Organized by the Mississippi Gay and Lesbian Alliance, it was a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ visibility in the Deep South. Source: This Month in Mississippi, 1989. [email protected]

Pride History! In 1964, the Emma Jones Society, founded by Ray and Henry Hillyer, held a beach party on the 4th of July—a precurser to early Pride events in the state. What started as an informal network of men trading LGBTQ magazines grew into one of the biggest parties for gay men in the South!

Memorial Archive: A Workbook of Grief and Memory is intended to be used by those who have lost someone dear to them and would like to preserve their memory. This is a companion piece to our Memorial Collection Guide. View here: invisiblehistory.org/memorial-collection/

Trans History is Southern History. This pride month Join Invisible Histories on June 17th, 2025, at 6:00pm CST to learn about and celebrate the history of trans identity and gender nonconformity in the Deep South!  Registration: https://givebutter.com/transsouth

Relevant zines that are free to read online + print, by other folks 🧵: * "A civilian's guide to direct action: what it is, what it's good for, how it works" by @crimethinc.com crimethinc.com/zines/a-civi... * "Defend Pride: Direct Action Handbook" archive.org/details/defe... +

* "How to archive a protest: a field guide for southern memory workers" (@invisiblehistories.bsky.social) bit.ly/protestarchive * "WTF is the radical indoctrination EO? Supporting+affirming queer and trans students and their teachers" (@courtniewolfgang.bsky.social) zinebakery.com/redistro/sup...

* "How to speak up for Palestine"(Faculty for Palestine) risk/action assessment for academics archive.org/details/facu... * "Handbook for the Activist Archivist" (LA Archives Collective) www.laacollective.org/wp-content/u... +

🎨 Let's Make Queer Art! Join Invisible Histories on June 18, 2025 at 12 PM CST / 1 PM EST for a Queer Crafternoon, a special Pride Month gathering for LGBTQ folks and allies to make art, build community, and celebrate our stories through creativity. Sign up at givebutter.com/crafternoon

Pride History! At Atlanta Pride 1977, the Atlanta Gay Rights Alliance marched on June 27, 1977, demanding local and national protections. Joined by the Lesbian Feminist Alliance & Black Women of Atlanta, they made Pride in the South loud and intersectional.

Invisible Histories is partnering with the Southern Memory Workers Collaborative to conduct a survey of southern memory work practice! Activists, organizers, and cultural workers who are passionate about libraries and archives, this one is for y'all! Take the survey: bit.ly/memoryworker

In 1989, 250+ people marched in Birmingham for Alabama’s first Gay/Lesbian Pride. Held at Rushton Park, the event responded to anti-LGBTQ violence and AIDS stigma. It was protest, joy, and Southern grassroots pride. For research use, contact us: [email protected].

Full Schedule! Join Invisible Histories on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 11:00am CST / 12:00pm ET for our annual Queer History Teach In—a virtual storytelling event spotlighting LGBTQ+ histories from across the South and beyond! Presenter schedule coming soon!✨🌈 Register at: givebutter.com/teachin2025

🎨 Let's Make Queer Art! Join Invisible Histories on June 18, 2025 at 12 PM CST / 1 PM EST for a Queer Crafternoon—a special Pride Month gathering for LGBTQ folks and allies to make art, build community, and celebrate our stories through creativity. Sign up at givebutter.com/crafternoon