Preserving LGBT Stories

Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps and author of Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps (Penguin Press, 2013), is set to launch OutLoud, a project to capture the stories of the LGBT community, from before Stonewall to today.

→ EVENTS: Dave will be talking with Scott Simon this Sunday, June 8 at BAM, as part of Radio Love Fest | The OutLoud launch event is on the evening of June 17 at (Le) Poisson Rouge

OutLoud Clips Played on Today's Show

• 90-year-old Rita Fischer and her son Jay, discussing Jay's coming out
• Alexis Martinez talks with her daughter, Lesley Etherly Martinez, about hiding her gender
• Stefan Lynch Strassfeld talks to his friend Beth Teper about growing up with gay parents