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X-Men & Real-Life Heroes Inspire Gay Man to Become a “Super Lawyer”

by Rick Anderson

X-Men & Real-Life Heroes Inspire Gay Man to Become a “Super Lawyer”

Hi, I’m Rick Anderson. I’m from Pearland, Texas. I grew up in the Clear Lake, Friendswood area in my early childhood in the eighties and nineties. And it was a communiAnd as that was happening, I reached out to that wonderful Baylor lawyer and it was just called them out of the blue. I think I was kind of panicking at the time. I called him and...

“Smart Geek Girls” and Gay Comic Book Fanfic Lead Queer Author To Write Authentically

by J. Marshall Freeman

“Smart Geek Girls” and Gay Comic Book Fanfic Lead Queer Author To Write Authentically

My name is J. Marshall Freeman and I’m from Toronto, Canada. When I was 13 years old, I was a pretty normal kid reading my X-Men comics and living a pretty happy life. I come fr...

IFD Live: A 4-year-old Boy’s Infatuation with Lynda Carter’s “Wonder Woman.”

by Peter Domani

IFD Live: A 4-year-old Boy’s Infatuation with Lynda Carter’s “Wonder Woman.”

I was four years old. And I had tasted pure, unadulterated joy. This was The Bronx in the early 80s. There was no cable. There were rabbit ears, and these rabbit ears on our incre...

Satellite overhead image of Texas from Google Earth 2022

by Nathan Manske

I’m From Driftwood, TX.

For my 13th birthday, in 1993, I wanted Uncanny X-Men #1. It was published in 1963 and was worth, at the time, about $3,400.00. But I didn’t care about the value. I loved th...