Republicans Are Trying to Censor LGBTQ+ History

In June , a talk on Alabama ’s Lesser Known LGBTQ History at the Alabama Department of Archives & History was condemned by a state representative.

Senator Chris Elliot authored a bill that would slash $5 million from the department's annual budget.

This is new territory for the Invisible Histories Project , which works to preserve LGBTQ+ history across the American southeast.

Queer history, on the other hand, is a matter of official record.

If there are no primary sources about a community that once was, and its members have long since passed, doubt begins to creep in.

Dr. Sullivan points out that just because these attacks are political theater, doesn't mean real, tangible harm isn’t happening.