Queer COLA Oral History & Digital Archive Project

07/15/2021

One of our co-founders Travis Wagner is working with a research team at the University of South Carolina to redesign digital resource provision with the Harriet Hancock Center. If you are a member of the LGBTQIA+ Community and live in South Carolina they would love your feedback and thoughts. Anyone who completes the survey will be entered into a raffle for a $50 Gift Card! Feel free to learn more about the survey below and access it using either the provided QR Code or the following link: https://uofsc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXBmlxIEot0IfEq

10/02/2019

Hello! The Q***r Columbia Oral History and Digital Archive Project is expanding! We are excited to collect even more of your stories, and your physical materials that represent and celebrate q***r life in Columbia (and surrounding areas!).

You can join us at our table with Historic Columbia and the Harriet Hancock LGBT Center at the Pride Festival on October 5th to participate in an on-site oral history interview or sign up to participate at a later date. We are also always seeking materials related to q***r life in Columbia to photograph or scan and return to you. See the current archive, http://qcohdap.com/, for more examples of flyers, posters and magazines!

Email us at [email protected] if you would like to sign up to participate in an oral history interview in the future, have scanned versions of q***r ephermera you’d like us to add to the online archive or have physical materials you would be interested in having us scan or photograph for inclusion in the archive! See you at Pride!

About Us About the Q***r Cola Oral History and Digital Archives Project The Q***r Cola digital history project is a community-curated digital archive and oral history project currently under development. This collection chronicles the experiences of LGBTQ+ communities in the greater Columbia area....

10/11/2017

Happy National Coming Out Day everyone! The ability to come out within the q***r community is one full of complications and often has to happen many times for many different people. It is important to remember that each coming out is unique, but those who are able to do so are doing something truly powerful.

As always Q***r COLA would love to hear about your coming out stories or any stories about your experiences being Q***r here in South Carolina. Should you want to record an oral history with us, please do not hesitate to message us here on Facebook or to email us at [email protected]

09/01/2017

Just as a reminder Q***r Cola is always looking for new items to add to our digital archive. An example of a recent acquisition is this amazing pin combining gay rights activism and USC school spirit. Not sure of the date of creation, so any additional information would be deeply appreciated. If you are interested in donating materials, providing an oral history, or getting involved with the project we encourage you to send us a message or email us at: [email protected]

https://archive.org/details/USCGAMECOCKSPINKTRIANGLEPIN

This small pin (approximately 4.4 inches) in circumference combines the prominent logo for the University of South Carolina (including the university's...

05/25/2017

Recently added to the Q***r Cola Digital Archive is this 2005 SC Pride Program!

Looking for more Pride programs from the inception of SC Pride to the most recent pride. Would also love to interview folks about their experiences with the event. Thanks to Will Moreau for this donation. Check the program out at the link below:

https://archive.org/details/SCPRIDE2005PROGRAM

05/01/2017

This month we will begin posting several of the oral histories we've collected this year. We are also processing some of the photos and documents you've submitted to the website. Keep an eye out for our upcoming posts.

If you have any LGBT photos, documents, and artifacts that you think we should preserve digitally, feel free to contact us! Or if you want to sit down for an interview to talk about your experience in Columbia's LGBT+/Q***r communities, send us a message and we'll set up an interview with you.

03/30/2017

We're on Twitter! Follow us and tweet us at our new Twitter handle, ***rcolasc

03/26/2017

03/26/2017

This poster was used at the rally against S. 1203 in April of 2016. The bill, similar to the one in North Carolina, attempted to regulate the use of bathrooms by trans people in the state.

If you have anything you would like us to preserve digitally, please contact us! Our project co-director Travis Wagner handles digital donations of photos, videos, manuscripts, and other objects.

This is a poster from the rally against S. 1203 held at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina. The rally was in opposition to S. 1203 a...

03/24/2017

One of the more recent additions to the archive is this digitized poster from a Columbia rally in response to the PULSE nightclub shooting. The rally was held at the South Carolina State House grounds in Columbia, South Carolina.

If anyone has anything from this or other rallies and protests, please contact us. Ask for Travis, and he will make it available for the community online.

A rally poster from a protest occurring in the wake of the killing of 49 persons at the PULSE nightclub in Orlando, Florida. After initial aftermath it was...

03/23/2017

Here are some buttons we recently located in Columbia--notice the SC Pride button from 1994

03/22/2017

We're looking to interview LGBTQ+ community members! If you live in the Columbia area and want to have your story archived, send us a message and we'll set up an appointment to meet with you! Interviews are anonymous upon request.

There are no restrictions on who can participate. Right now we are especially interested in meeting LGBT POC, trans people, and other particularly marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community.