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Queer Man Leaves Behind Homophobic & Racist Microaggressions at Corporate Job & Thrives in the Arts

by Jeremy Rashad Brown

Queer Man Leaves Behind Homophobic & Racist Microaggressions at Corporate Job & Thrives in the Arts

Hi, I’m Jeremy Rashad Brown. I am from Waxahachie, Texas.    Seventeen years ago, I went to UT where I majored in American studies and music business. And upon graduatAnd so I took a leap. I saw that as my opportunity to go ahead and see what being an artist is in this world, and even more specifically within the city of Austin. I liquidated my...

Justin, a gay Filipino man sits for interview in a kitchen. He is smiling with a blue tshirt and a microphone clipped to his collar.

by Justin Senense

After Coming Out to Filipino Immigrant Parents, Gay Man Learns to Stop Seeking Approval From Others.

I’m Justin Senense, and I’m from Abilene, Texas. I was raised under three pillars. I would say for a Filipino family, it was always food, then it was family, and then I think in that moment with Elizabeth, the word anak shifted for me. I recognize I was always that son. And that being gay, loving a man, being something that my parents still had...

How One Person, In the Wake of Their Own HIV Diagnosis, Came to Save the Life of Another. “I Like to Call It a Dark Blessing.”

by Dimitri Moïse

How One Person, In the Wake of Their Own HIV Diagnosis, Came to Save the Life of Another. “I Like to Call It a Dark Blessing.”

My name is Dimitri Moïse and I am from Queens, New York. So back in 2018, I was diagnosed with HIV. It was one of the hardest things I think I’ve ever had to hear. It was a hug...

Trans Actor Produces His Own Uplifting Film – With An All Trans Cast And Crew.

by Morgan Sullivan

Trans Actor Produces His Own Uplifting Film – With An All Trans Cast And Crew.

My name is Morgan Sullivan and I am from Westchester, New York. I’m an actor. I’ve been acting since I was about 8 years old. And I moved into the city about 6 years ago to go...

IFD Live: Actor Told To Stop Acting So Tall and So Gay.

by Chris Pappas

IFD Live: Actor Told To Stop Acting So Tall and So Gay.

It’s the first day of school which is musical theater slang for the first day of rehearsal. I am not in a musical, I’m not doing Man of La Mancha or Guys and Dolls, I am cast ...