Greater Minnesota Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ History Presentation

June is Pride Month, and all are welcome for a special presentation from the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) to learn about and celebrate Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ history! Join MNHS staff Jamie Kherbaoui and Lizzie Ehrenhalt, alongside interns Leila Stallone, Luis Valderrama, and Ulysses Swanson for a presentation about their project to map 2SLGBTQIA+ history in Greater Minnesota. Light refreshments will be served!

The event will start at 4:00 pm with an open house at the Goodhue County History Center. Attendees are invited to utilize a digitization station, providing a chance to secure digital copies of personal photographs, programs, and more. iPads will also be available to explore free resources related to Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ History and to interact with the digital StoryMap. The presentation will begin at 5:00 pm and will conclude with a Q&A session.

About the Project: The Greater Minnesota Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ History Map is a participatory storytelling project facilitated by the Minnesota Historical Society. Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ stories have always been community history. But their diversity—racial, topical, and geographical—has not always been visible in the books, movies, and media that show the world who we are, and where we come from. This map aims to correct these absences by highlighting overlooked Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ sites, people, and themes. Focusing on Greater Minnesota, the map reveals that queer history has unfolded in every corner of the state, from Worthington to the Boundary Waters.

This event is free and open to the public and registration is not required, but attendees are encouraged to RSVP. Tickets are not required for admission.

RSVP here: https://www3.mnhs.org/events/28152610828

You may also like the following events from Minnesota Historical Society:

• Next Friday, 13th June, 01:00 pm, African American Celebratory Interiors in Saint Paul
• This month, 25th June, 11:30 pm, Greater Minnesota Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ History Map: Virtual Game Night in Saint Paul, Minnesota

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