Carol Snively is a queer woman in her 60s, and spoke about the birth of the Center Project, mid-Missouri’s LGBTQ+ community center.

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Carol Snively: So, I was a slow burn in this regard.

Laughter

It took me a very long time to figure things out, and then once I came out — I came out loud and strong, and there's been no turning back.

As time goes on, the history of a community gets lost, but also because of the type of community we are — a college town and people coming in and leaving — I think that there are few of us that remain, that have sort of a longer view, so I want to make sure that that history doesn't get lost.

So, the reason the Center Project had become an important thing for the

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