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IMLS Matters.

Read the stories (reload gets a new story).

imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

Tell your story.

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From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.

#SaveIMLS

The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.

DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.

bookriot.com/imls-gutted/

One thing to note about this Smithsonian executive order is that Trump can’t actually order the Smithsonian to do anything because the Smithsonian is not under the control of the executive. It’s a quasi-independent creature of Congress that is held in the public trust.

Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.

Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.

Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.

Unauthorized Disposition of Federal Records Federal agencies are required to "notify the Archivist of any actual, impending, or threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration, corruption, deletion, erasure, or other destruction of records in...

Fellow feds - if you’re being directed to destroy records, report it to the National Archives Office of Records Management Oversight and Reporting. www.archives.gov/records-mgmt...

Parks Group Condemns Erasure of LGBTQ+ History from Park Service Website The federal government is undermining National Park Service efforts to maintain an accurate and objective accounting of our country’s history.

It looks like the source of this reporting is the National Parks Conservation Association, which has made a public statement & archived an important NPS LGBTQ history publication on their own website. Good on them. www.npca.org/articles/714...

Invisible Histories - Home Invisible Histories is community-based archive that locates, collects, preserves, researches, and creates for local communities an accessible collection of the rich and diverse history of LGBTQ life i...

If you're reading this and want to help archive online queer history, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social is an organization to check out. invisiblehistory.org

NPS takes down web pages dedicated to transgender activists and LGBTQ history This is part of an ongoing move by the federal government to remove and alter National Park Service webpages related to LGBTQ history.

Appears that more pages have been taken down since I did my deep dive a couple weeks ago. The NPS website is used by a wide variety of history professionals as well as the general public; the impacts of this censorship will be felt. www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...

This is fantastic - @madycast.com is developing a bot to automate the discovery of LGBTQ+ censorship on federal websites.

Not Just Stonewall: Analysis Shows Thousands of Webpages Documenting LGBTQ+ History, Healthcare, and Safety Have Been Censored LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by my custom tool.

1. NEW: Not Just Stonewall:

LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by a custom tool I developed.

I hope to document all .gov LGBTQ+ erasure.

www.madycast.com/p/not-just-s...

56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025 Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.

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The only bright side is that these losers know nothing about the work these agencies do and are doing a laughably shoddy job as censors

Thank you! I'm hoping to do more soon (and get plugged into ongoing efforts such as the End of Term Archive).

Yep, this was the one that made me hulk out.

That's a fantastic idea!

National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.

The acting head of the National Achives is stepping down, a week after his boss was fired, as Trump takes full control of US records. What could go wrong? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sharing this here in case it's helpful to anyone following. I'm a librarian and I frequently use history pages created by federal agencies - this erasure is chilling.

I'm a librarian and created this account to share missing LGBTQ+ cultural heritage content on nps.gov (and elsewhere if I find it). I'm not an expert in digital archives, just a concerned queer trying to document attempts to erase our history.

I noticed that additional LGBTQ+ content on nps.gov had been purged and couldn't find a roundup, so I started tracking dead links. I hope it's okay that I'm sharing here, in case it's helpful to anyone.

As has been reported widely elsewhere, a number of other pages on nps.gov have been censored, with "transgender" and "LGBTQ" being removed. The censorship is sloppy, rushed, and incomplete; other content is still available (for now).

Places of Latino LGBTQ Gathering Spaces (U.S. National Park Service)

The Midwest, West Coast, and Puerto Rico get some attention in this guide to LGBTQ+ Latinx community spaces. Unfortunately, it's gone too.

Philadelphia's Heritage of LGBTQ Activism (U.S. National Park Service)

An article about Philadelphia's LGBTQ+ activist history is also missing.

"Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love" LGBTQ+ History Audio Tour - Boston African American National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

Another missing walking tour, this time for LGBTQ+ African American history in Boston. I'm stressed about whether this multimedia content is fully backed up anywhere.

LGBTQ Histories From the WWII Home Front - Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

The twentieth-century history of LGBTQ+ communities across the United States is documented in this WWII LGBTQ+ history page, now unavailable.

Another DC resource - a queer history walking tour is gone.

Pauli Murray has been removed from the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. Pauli Murray, a friend and correspondent of Roosevelt, was a Black gender nonconforming lawyer, activist, author, and Episcopal priest. Read their groundbreaking family history memoir Proud Shoes, it's fantastic!)

Fire Island's LGBTQ Heritage - Fire Island National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)

Queer joy is excluded as well - LGBTQ+ content has been removed from the Fire Island National Seashore page.

A page last archived on January 17, 2025 about the first gay rights picket in front of the White House is gone. The page explains the history of LGBTQ+ protest in DC in the context of the 1950s Lavender Scare.