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Gay Man Leaves Town That Has Active KKK And “Just Straight White People” To Find Community In Nearby City.

by Levi Wade

Gay Man Leaves Town That Has Active KKK And “Just Straight White People” To Find Community In Nearby City.

My name is Levi Wade. I am from Harrison, Arkansas. So the town I’m from, Harrison, Arkansas, there’s an active KKK outside of the town. And I remember specifically when I was...

“Be Happy. The Gay Brotherhood Demands This Of You.”

by Dave White

“Be Happy. The Gay Brotherhood Demands This Of You.”

My name is Dave White, I’m a writer and I live in Los Angeles. I grew up in southeastern New Mexico. When I was 17 years old in 1982 my family was living in a little town called...

Discovering the Gender and Racial Divide in the LGBTQ Community

by Femi Redwood

Discovering the Gender and Racial Divide in the LGBTQ Community

I’m Femi Redwood. I’m from Milton, Delaware, which is about 15 minutes outside of Rehoboth Beach. Teeny tiny little place in Delaware, with about 13 black people, so 6 of them...

“We Need To Change That Idea That Rural Areas Are Unsafe Because It’s Not True.”

by Rachel Garringer

“We Need To Change That Idea That Rural Areas Are Unsafe Because It’s Not True.”

My name is Rachel and I’m from Jacox, West Virginia. I grew up on a 100-acre sheep farm about an hour outside of a town of about 3,000 people. I believe it’s the most beautifu...

Satellite overhead image of New York State from Google Earth 2022

by Jessica Max Stein

I’m From Schenectady, NY.

I drove past the house this weekend. Some goateed stout guy I’d never seen before sat on the front steps nonchalantly reading a magazine. The nerve of him, the trespasser, spraw...

Satellite overhead image of North Dakota from Google Earth 2022

by Bobbi Dykema

I’m From Strasburg, ND.

I’m from Strasburg, North Dakota, hometown of Lawrence Welk. They played polka at my senior prom. A very homogenous, provincial, rural backwater of a place. I got picked on as a...

Bisexual Ponders Fatherhood in Conservative Town – Video Story.

by Henry Elliot

Bisexual Ponders Fatherhood in Conservative Town – Video Story.

Henry Elliot is bisexual and wants to have a child. He has a male partner, though, and lives in the conservative town of Alamogordo, New Mexico. “There is a church on every str...

State Satellite overhead image from Google Earth 2022
I’m From Defuniak Springs, FL.

I’m from a town called Defuniak Springs, Florida. Never heard of it? There’s a reason for that. Defuniak is a rural community in northern Florida (which may as well be called ...

I’m From Helena, MT – Video Story.

by Mark

I’m From Helena, MT – Video Story.

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can read about the adventure we had and some of the stories we collected. If you havI’m Mark, I’m from Helena, Montana born and raised. Kinda spread all around the world, but we’re all from Helena. People get this bad concept of Montana, “You can’t be g...

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