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 Bisexual / Pansexual / Fluid Stories
I’m From Houston, TX.
Looking back, I remember not always feeling “normal.” In elementary school I wasn’t very pretty, and I had a few good friends, which I still have today. As soon as I was in f...
“‘I Could Leave You’ is the Issue, Not Who I Will Leave You For.” A Bisexual’s Dilemma.
Lisa Morris, who identifies as bisexual, married a man when she was 29. We went to City Hall and got married. On a Tuesday morning at 10. I was in cutoffs and a tshirt, I think he...
I’m From New York, NY.
I have struggled with homosexuality for many years. I never could decide if I was a lesbian or a bisexual female. I was made fun of a lot in school because of my choices. Some guys...
I’m From Gilbert, AZ.
I’m 16 and I’m currently a Junior in high school. I don’t know if anybody knows except for a few of my close friends, but I’m not straight. I’m open about it, but I haven...
The Choice In Bisexuality.
Holly explains the sometimes tricky situation of coming out as a bisexual. It’s weird to come out as a bisexual because it’s both that there is something of a choice and you kn...
I’m From Malott, WA.
I’ve always been an outcast, always been a freak. I’ve never been popular in my school. And I’ve always been taught that anything but straight is wrong. But a big part of me ...
I’m From Aurora, CO.
I had known about sex and sexuality from a young age. I had always been curious about it. I was mature for my age, and I had always been open when sexuality came about. My parents ...
I’m From Brooklyn, NY.
Growing up in a religious Christian household hearing how “gays are going to hell in a hand basket” isn’t easy. Especially when you know in your heart of hearts that you are ...
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 ...
I’m From Clovis, CA.
The first time I wrote for I’m From Driftwood I wrote as an ally… it’s still very true; I still believe that everyone needs to be who they are and not hide it from the world...
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 stre...
I’m from El Dorado Hills, CA.
I’m not out of the closet. Yet. And I think this is because I’m not sure. I’m just not absolutely completely sure. But it started only a month ago. I am still in middle schoo...
