Source: In These Times
by Lindsay Eanet
“From their offices and living rooms, hundreds of volunteer archivists gather for a virtual ’hackathon’ session to download LGBTQ+ resources from websites controlled by state and federal governments and universities before the institutions completely scrub the materials. In light of the increasing hostility toward queer history, further spurred by President Donald Trump’s executive orders attacking diversity, equity and inclusion at the beginning of his second term, citizen archivists began holding these download parties to preserve the soon-to-be-deleted DEI information. These gatherings are organized by Invisible Histories, a community-based nonprofit focused on archiving queer history in the Deep South. Although the erasure of DEI content from institutional websites (for example, the National Park Service removing transgender people from its description of the Stonewall Uprising on its official website) is not a new challenge, the nonprofit has had to adopt a more rapid response in this moment.” (12/15/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/fighting-anti-queer-backlash-with-citizen-archivists