Queer STyLe: Fashion & Identity in the St. Louis Queer Community

Title
Queer STyLe: Fashion & Identity in the St. Louis Queer Community
Creator
Nine Scheel
Description
Queer STyLe is a digital collection featuring micro-oral histories and photographs of various members of the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community. The collection aims to provide a clear documentation of the experiences and styles within the St. Louis queer community while also contributing to current scholarship on the intersection of fashion, style, and identity. By drawing on the analysis of Maria Mckinney-Valentin and Fred Davis, the project highlights the tension in contemporary fashion culture between personal expressions of identity and social performances. This tension is particularly pronounced within LGBTQIA+ communities, where individuals often face the difficult choice of reflecting and affirming their identities through clothing or conforming to societal expectations for safety. This collection intends to not only provide clear documentation of the experiences and styles of the St. Louis queer community but to expand upon current scholarship on the intersection of fashion, style, and identity.
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Subject
St. Louis LGBTQIA+ Community
Coming out of the Closet
Gender Identity
LGBTQIA+ Experience
Pride
Tower Grove Pride
Pride Festival
Queer Youth
Fashion
Identity
Oral History Interview
LGBTQIA+ History
Photography
Gender Expression

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