Community Stories
Fashioning Identity: Clothing and the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community of the Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
2026
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Community Stories
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How do you use clothing? For millennia, different cultures, communities and individuals around the world have been using clothing in many ways; not just to cover their bodies, but as a form of expression, connection, identity, solidarity and resistance. Nine members of the Mississippi Valley’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community are sharing their wardrobes and their journeys with style. Explore how they use clothing to fashion their identities!