by Ashley

I don’t know when I first realized that I found girls attractive, but I have for as long as I can remember. I was raised first as a Christian, then a few years as a Quaker, then...

by Daniel Mitchell

I was born in Baltimore, Maryland in November of 1967. When my mother and father divorced a couple of years later, my mom and I moved in with my grandmother. She was the love of m...

by Tre Gibbs

Hi. My name is Carlton, but my grandmother decided when I was born that since I was “the third,” she was going to call me Tré. I was always grateful for that, even though we ...

by S. G.

Something smooth and cool turned on my table. I look at the cover, “Take 5” it says. Oh Dave Brubeck if only it were that easy. I find five being a constant number in my life....

by Marc Miller

If you’re interested in being in a Video Story, just let me know and we’ll set up a time and place to meet. Watch all the IFD Video Stories here. For the transcript, Contin...

by Anthony Sfrisi

We met on a Monday night. The city had shut down due to the blizzard and we found ourselves at the same party. For me, this was an unexpected stop as I had been out at the bars fo...

by Bradford Shellhammer

In the summer of 1990 I discovered music. I had been collecting albums since 1983, the year I bought my first records, Cyndi Lauper and Culture Club. But in 1990 it all changed. I...

by Seth Goldstein

Ring!Ring!Ring! I wake violently to the relentless ringing of my alarm clock. I stumble from my warm bed, only to find my toes greeted by a cold floor. “Seth…it’s time to go...

by Zachary Allen

I came out when I was a freshman in college. My parents actually confronted me when I was 18, and said they were totally okay because they had dealt with the “death of the life ...