Listening OutLoud: A Celebration of LGBTQ Voices
AARP St. Louis and StoryCorps invite you to listen to and celebrate stories from StoryCorps Listening OutLoud—an initiative dedicated to documenting and preserving stories from the LGBTQ community.
This unique event features voices of hope, resilience, and love from the St. Louis area and across the country that provide community connection and reflection at a time when we need it more than ever.
While the program aired live on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, you may view the recording on demand! Click on the button below for access.
The Missouri Historical Society (MHS) is collecting stories and preserving the legacies of St. Louis’s LGBTQIA+ communities! MHS is gathering oral histories, artifacts, photographs, and more to add to its permanent collections. The initiative is building toward a major exhibit at the Missouri History Museum, and these stories will be preserved in perpetuity at the Library & Research Center. AARP St. Louis is a proud sponsor of this multi-year program. Want to learn more and even share your story? Click here!
We also invite you to check out the StoryCorps Connect - platform that enables you to record a StoryCorps interview with a loved one remotely using video conference technology. The audio and a still photo from each interview goes into the archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. To learn more, click here.
