Social Media
Archives
These social media archives focus on LGBTQIA+ history and community.
WARNING: While these all showcase important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.
WARNING: While these all showcase important pieces of LGBTQIA+ history, some may contain material inappropriate for younger viewers.
AIDS Memorial
Instagram: theaidsmemorial
Stories of love, loss, and remembrance surrounding AIDS
Bi History
Instagram: bihistory
Exploring the history of bisexuality, highlighting the role of bi+ activists in LGBTQ+ history, and working to preserve bi history
Black Lesbian Herstory
Instagram: blacklesbianherstory
A collection of images and narratives about Black lesbians and their history
Dressing Dykes
Instagram: dressingdykes
A collection of images and narratives surrounding lesbian fashion history
Legends of Drag
Instagram: legendsofdrag
A collection of images and narrative surrounding drag elders
Lesbian Bookstore Project
Instagram: lesbianbookstoreproject
Remembering and honoring lesbian and feminist bookstores, one collage at a time
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Instagram: lesbianherstoryarchives
The original Lesbian Herstory Archives, founded in 1974. All posts feature items from our collections or activities
Lezzie Borden
Instagram: lezzie_borden
A collection of images and narrative surrounding queer women in horror
LGBTQ+ Buttons
Instagram: lgbtqbuttons
A collection of LGBTQIA+ historical buttons
LGBT History
Instagram: lgbt_history
A collection of LGBTQIA+ images and narratives
The LGBTQ History Project
Instagram: thelgbtqhistoryproject
Interviews & spotlights with forgotten & remembered LGBTQ activists from the 1950s-AIDS crisis
My Two Gay Uncles
Instagram: my2gayuncles
A collection of images and narratives of a family's two gay uncles
Out History
Instagram: out_history
Tells stories about the queer past through the voices of those who have lived it
Queer Cinema Archive
Instagram: queer.cinema.archive
Features LGBTQIAS+ Related Films, Characters, and Actors in the Early Days of Cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age and Beyond.
Queer Kitchens
Instagram: queerkitchens
Photos celebrating being queer in the kitchen
Queer Love In History
Instagram: queerloveinhistory
A collection of historical photos showing queer couples
Queer Zine Archive Project
Archive
A preservation of donated and collected queer zines that makes them available to other queers, researchers, historians punks, and anyone else who has an interest in zines
Queerying History
Instagram: queeryinghistory
Lesser known LGBTQIA+ figures from international history
Vintage Sapphic Media
Instagram: the.vintage.sapphics
A collection of images and narrative mostly focused on wlw before Stonewall