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

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

The South is home to the most LGBTQ people in the US. When you shit on the South, you're contributing to a long legacy of marginalization and oppression. The South is home to some of the most badass people, wonderful food, diverse culture, and folks who are highly skilled and super funny.

Queer docs for free?? Yes, Plz!! 575 Castro St. by @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social Tongues Untied and Color Adjustment, both by Marlon Riggs Dykes, Camera, Action! by Caroline Berler Out in the South by @invisiblehistories.bsky.social Happy Birthday, Marsha! By @tourmaliiine.bsky.social & Sasha Wortzel

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.

Help these super amazing folks out

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

Brought to you by our Investing in Resilience cohort grantees @framelinefestival.bsky.social, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social, & @appalshop.bsky.social, tune in to "The World Is Watching: Queer History" – a free-to-access streaming showcase connecting global audiences to films about LGBTQ+ history!

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...

Remember to save your signs (and any others you find thrown away) from both protests and counter protests. Your local archive would LOVE to have them (and if you're in the South we would love to have them). Make sure history remembers!

Read @carantes.bsky.social‘s newsletter for some heartening advice on the spectrum of roles in antifascist organising, further great advice from @invisiblehistories.bsky.social, and an upcoming talk on medieval chivalry and Far Right masculinities by @menysnoweballes.bsky.social. Then follow them!

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...

In celebration of #LGBTQHistoryMonth, we’ve teamed up with @invisiblehistories.bsky.social and @appalshop.bsky.social to bring you a FREE showcase streaming worldwide! 🌎👀 Starting October 11, you can watch 20 canonical queer films at home. RSVP to watch with us at frameline.org/theworldiswatching ▶️

Love this! If you haven't checked out our Dirt in a Cog zine on practical ways to everyday fight fascism...you're missing out! invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...

Happy Friday!  This is our meta message but we thought it would be good to post here too. Please sign up to stay up-to-date! https://invisiblehistory.org/ scroll down to sign up

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

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!

Super excited for this virtual film fest with @framelinefestival.bsky.social and @appalshop.bsky.social

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

The Invisible Histories Project made it possible, and JD Doyle made it happen: OutSmart’s 30-year archive is now digitized, offering a vital record of Houston’s LGBTQ history. www.outsmartmagazine.com/2025/09/outs...

Check out this article by @xtramagazine.com

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

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.

We love that y'all are finding our zines helpful during this awful time but please remember to always credit the folks who create these type of resources! ❤️ Thank you @latenightafa.bsky.social for crediting us!

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.