Alabama lawmakers seek to slash funding from state archives after LGBTQ+ history lecture

Conservative lawmakers in Alabama are so unhappy about the state Department of Archives and History hosting a lecture on LGBTQ+ history that they’re trying to cut its funding.

The 15 June lecture, entitled ‘Invisible No More: Alabama’s LGBTQ+ History’, explored a number of topics including the state’s first Pride march and the contributions and achievements of queer Alabamians.

It ran as part of the department’s educational lunchtime series, Food for Thought, and was presented by Dr Maigen Sullivan, co-founder of the Invisible Histories Project, a non-profit documenting the history of LGBTQ+ people in the Deep South.