MountainQueer Stories was a project that profiled 22 LGBTQIA+ Appalachian people living in tri-state rural regions surrounding the Cumberland Metro area of Maryland from 2021 to 2023.

This project was born from a desire to work in an intersectional framework among marginalized communities working together to lift each other’s voices and our goal was to shine a light on the array of beautiful and diverse queer folks from Appalachia.