Your Story
The Your Story page features a number of ways you can share your memories and experiences as a member of the LGBTQ+ community in the Middle Tennessee region.
Oral History
We need people to volunteer to tell their stories of coming out, finding love, participating in activism, surviving the AIDS epidemic, and dancing with their community. Fill out the Google Form linked below to sign up for an oral history interview.
Digital Diary
Is writing more your style? Share your memories with us in what we call a “Digital Diary,” in which you can respond to questions with a few sentences or paragraphs in the Google Form linked below.
Donate Your Archives
Did you keep photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, t-shirts, and more that represent your experiences in the LGBTQ+ community? Do you want to help current and future generations learn about the power of past trials and triumphs? Fill out the Google Form linked below to inquire about donating items to the Albert Gore Research Center. If you want to donate your items to another Middle Tennessee institution, Sarah Calise is more than happy to contact their archives colleagues and help with the process. Email Sarah about your possible donation at Sarah.Calise@mtsu.edu.
“We have to harvest and cultivate our own stories. Not just to feel valid but to feel rejoiced.”
KAY ULANDAY BARRETT
