by Luke M.

When I was born, you, in your arrogance, chose to saddle me with your name. A seventeen-year-old boy making the assumption that he had done something worthy of having his name car...

by Thomas Boettner

Somewhere down the line the idea gets passed along that everyone’s life is unique, down to the tiniest minutia, and at the same time we are all connected due to our similar life...

by Kenyatta Taiste

NOTE: Sylvia’s Place is an emergency night shelter and daytime community space for homeless LGBTQ youth, 16-24, in New York City. Every story this week will by someone from Sy...

by David Hawkins

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.   Being from South Carolina, I al...

by Corey Spears

I had an idyllic childhood with best friends in the identically-styled houses in front of and behind me. Summers were spent at Myrtle Beach and my family was always the chaperone ...

by Sam Hawk

When I was about 12, my family moved from the bedroom community of North Augusta, SC to the truly rural town of Edgefield.  It felt like 40 miles and 400 years away from the 60s ...