I'm From Driftwood
The stories on I’m From Driftwood send a simple but powerful message to LGBTQIA+ people everywhere: You are not alone. I’m From Driftwood combats isolation and creates empathy to build a more understanding and accepting world. These are our stories, told in our own voices.
Latest Coming Out Stories
I’m From Saigon, Vietnam.
Last fall, I experienced a very sudden (at least from my perspective), very painful implosion of a 6-year relationship. It was the end of dreams to spend life with the man I asked ...
I’m From New York, NY – Video Story.
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, Continu...
I’m From Dallas, TX – Video Story.
NOTE – Israel Luna is the director of the recently released indie film, Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives. The film opened in New York last weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival an...
I’m From Laurel, MS – Video Story.
Hi, my name is Krystal and I’m originally from Laurel, Mississippi. And once upon a time, I was a little boy. But I think a more accurate way of saying that is, I was a little gi...
I’m From Dubuque, IA.
“Do you date girls?” she said with a carefully casual tone. And then my brain exploded. My mother is a master of denial, you see. She can explain away anything, unmatched in he...
I’m From Fairfax, VA.
I came out over a year and a half ago. I was never really sure when or if I would come out, until one day I remember waking up and texting my best friend and asking if we could tal...
I’m From Peckville, PA – Video Story.
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, Continu...
I’m From Miami, FL.
I am an American made up of Cuban parts. I am the last of 3 highly accomplished children who broke his parents’ hearts by coming to terms with the truth. My parents never underst...
I’m From San Francisco, CA.
I came out once before I came out. My first coming out was in a beautiful white dress. I was paraded across a stage hanging on the right arm of a man in a tuxedo. A perfect symbol ...
I’m From Portland, OR.
Frank’s previous IFD story can be read here. – Life is like a book. My experience seems pretty typical for a gay man. My young years through college were miserable at times. ...
I’m From Baltimore, MD.
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 ...
I’m From Oakville, ON, Canada.
It was on a trip to London with some of my close friends from school. Just us drama kids in England for a week. When we first arrived we met our tour guide, Christian, who I right ...
