LGBTQ Columbia - Share
LGBTQ Columbia
Help Us Tell Your Story!
This October, Historic Columbia will unveil a collection of StoryMaps that highlight the contributions of LGBTQ Columbians as well as the stigma and discrimination they've faced.
So far, with the help of local donors and the University of South Carolina, we've uncovered numerous advertisements for bars, events, and organizations, and even a few photographs, bar cards, and posters. But we still need your help. To make these stories come alive, we'd love to include your photographs. Do you have a photo of yourself having fun at Traxx or The Candy Shop? What about a group photo at an early Pride picnic? Below is a list of our most pressing requests. We're looking for photographs of buildings themselves as well as people at events.
If you have photographs you'd like to share, please contact kallen@historiccolumbia.org. Historic Columbia can make archival scans of these photographs or will accept photographs that you've already scanned.
Bars/Restaurants
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- 9-10 1/2 Main
- Affairs
- Alternatives
- Badlands
- Club Manhattan
- Frenchie's
- Frenchie's Gay Parie
- Games
- Griff's
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- H & M
- Jimmy's
- Le Club
- Matrix
- McB's
- Menage
- Metropolis
- Midge's
- O'Grays
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- Oppie's
- Our Place
- Partners
- Playground
- PT's 1109
- PT's Cabaret
- Rumours
- The Alley Café
- The Candy Shop
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- The Capital Club
- The Edge
- The End Zone
- The Fortress
- The Links
- The Lounge on Lady
- The Shandon Club
- Traxx
Events & Organizations
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Events
- AIDS WALK
- Anita Bryant Picnics
- Cracker Barrel Protests
- Drags Shows at Bars or UofSC
- Harriet Hancock LGBT Center Events
- National March on Washington
- South Carolina Black Pride Events
- South Carolina Pride Marches
- South Carolina Pride Picnics
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Organizations
- Artists Against AIDS
- Harriet Hancock Center - both locations
- Lutherans Concerned
- Metropolitan Community Church
- Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services - staff and locations
- The Gourmet Club
- University of South Carolina Gay Student Association/BGLSA
Credits
Header: Kim Cannady at Klub Coco, mid-1990s. Image courtesy Kimberly Cannady
Above Left: Shirley Sennez at Traxx, 1986. Image courtesy Carol Roof