Our Story: Interactive exhibition - Retford Library

Retford Library, Retford

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Venue Retford Library

Our Story is a collaborative heritage project uncovering trans and gender-diverse lives in Nottinghamshire.

The touring exhibition brings together a gallery of portrait photographs, personal ephemera, and audio stories, marking the culmination of an ambitious project. Young LGBTQ+ people and their allies interviewed and photographed trans and gender-diverse people across generations, working together to co-create the exhibition. 

The recorded interviews will be transcribed and deposited with Nottinghamshire Archives where they will be permanently preserved as a collection accessible to future generations.

The project celebrates rich histories, from community resistance to everyday life and joyful expression, honouring the full breadth of trans and gender-diverse experiences across Nottinghamshire.

Exhibition opening hours: Please check the 'Visit us' webpage for Retford Library to check the library's opening hours before your visit: Retford Library | Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries

Photograph of interviewee seated in front of a three-person camera crew

Image copyright Holly Revell.

The project is led by Fifth Word in partnership with Nottinghamshire Archives and supported by Mansfield Museum, My Place Youth Centre, and Loughborough University.

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