By Theresa Knapp

SpeakOUT is coming to the Medway Public Library on April 11 at 7 p.m.

According to www.speakoutboston.org, SpeakOUT is the nation’s oldest LGBTQ+ speakers bureau and includes “a community of speakers working to create a world free of homo-bi-trans-phobia and other forms of prejudice by telling the truths of our lives.” 

The event will include a panel of LGBTQ+ speakers who will share their personal stories and answer questions from the audience. 

“We create a safe and supportive space for folks to ‘ask us anything’ which has been our motto since the beginning,” says SpeakOUT Executive Director Ellyn Ruthstrom. “Often people don’t have a place they can ask questions about the LGBTQ+ community and we want to provide that resource…Sometimes it can be about terminology or identities, sometimes it can be a very personal question.”

The public is invited to this event, and all are welcome. 

Ruthstrom says the audience often includes parents who have LGBTQ+ children who are looking for ways to support them and are seeking guidance.

She says, “Our speakers do our best to answer any and all questions.”

For more information, visit www.speakoutboston.org 

This event is being hosted and funded by the Medway Public Library.