LGBTQ+ history isn’t just made in New York and San Francisco: across the country, in big cities and small towns, the movement for liberation sprouted and continues to grow.

A multimedia southern LGBTQ+ history project.

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The Project

Here in Atlanta, the legacies of LGBTQ+ leaders who changed the course of history yesterday mingle with the energetic voices of those charting new history today.

The Atlanta LGBTQ+ History Project is a multimedia initiative to gather, share, and preserve the history of LGBTQ+ Southerners. Using photography, oral history, podcasting, and archival materials, the project brings LGBTQ+ history alive through the stories of the people who lived it, told in their own voices.

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FREE Black
LGBTQ+ History Resources

  • Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology

    Available in online full as a PDF, 
this anthology is an incredible resource for anyone interested in a rigorous, thoughtful approach to the intersection of queer studies and black studies

    READ HERE.

  • Legacies Inherited: Miss Major and Tourmaline

    A cross-generational conversation about the experience of trans 
women of color during and since the Stonewall Riots, available on YouTube.

    WATCH HERE.


    The Watermelon Woman, 1996, dir. Cheryl Dunye

    Cheryl Dunye’s groundbreaking 1996 movie is a vivid exploration of how histories are made, told, and found. Watch it for free on archive.org

    WATCH HERE

  • Album: James Baldwin Reads James Baldwin

    Did you know James Baldwin is an artist on Spotify? Experience the work of this foundational writer and activist in his own voice, for free.

    LISTEN HERE.

  • Southern Fried Queer Pride (@sfqp) on instagram

    This Southern QTBIPOC led & centered org based out of Atlanta hosts parties, community events and more. Give their page a follow to support their work!

    FOLLOW HERE.