StoryCorps is a public service organization that helps people tell the important stories from their lives. People share their experiences, and the stories are preserved for others to know about some of the amazing, sad and happy things that happen around the world. If you look around this site, you are sure to find stories that make you happy or make you cry. Many of the stories are about small things, but they all give you something to think about.
Chris & Gabe Lopez
In this true story, Chris (mother) and Gabe (child) are talking together. Gabe was born a girl, but she always felt like a boy. Now the child knows that she is really a he. In other words, s/he is transgender. S/he was always worried about what Chris would think if she learned the truth.
More stories ...
1. Julio Diaz - a man talks about his experience when he was robbed by a teenager
2. Bonnie & Myra Brown - a girl talks with her mentally disabled mom
3. Ron Ruiz - a New York City bus driver who remembers one passenger
4. Connie & Blanca Alvarez - Blanca Alvarez was a poor immigrant to the U.S. from Mexico
5. Maurice Rowland & Miguel Alvarez - an amazing story about two guys who refused to abandon some elderly patients when their assisted-living center was shut down
6. Mary Ellen Noone - a rather horrifying story of discrimination in the South in the early 1900s
7. Beverly Eckert - possibly the saddest love story you will ever hear; about the 9/11 disaster
8. The Bookmobile - an inspiring story about how books changed a poor girl's life
9. The Saint of Dry Creek - a great story about a farmer who accepts his gay son and gives him some advice
10. Traffic Stop - a scary story of discrimination in the U.S.
11. No more questions! - Just a nice story about an old Chinese grandma and her memories
12. 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon - a sad story of a soldier who survived a bombing in Iraq
13. The Nature of War - about an American soldier who became friends with 2 Iraqi boys
14. Making It - an inspirational story of a poor kid who worked hard; no script, and the CC voice recognition subtitles have many errors, so try to listen!
15. A Good Man - a boy is kicked out of his home because he's gay, and he later reconnects with his brothers and sister
16. The Road Home - a homeless alcoholic gets some help from a kind man
17. To R. P. Salazar, with Love - a typo leads to true love on the other side of the world
18. Germans in the Woods - a soldier shoots an enemy soldier and can never forget it
19. Sunday at Rocco's - a weekly family gathering ends when an old building is torn down
20. Double Major - a single father tells how he raised his daughter while going to college
Joyce's Neighborhood - a story about a nice mom
Watch one video and make a brief presentation about the story. It's OK if there are spoilers.
If you like these stories, please read and listen to more! There are also podcasts, so you can download the stories and listen to them on your smartphone. The stories have scripts, too, so they good study materials. They're short, but they have a lot of impact.
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