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 Gay Men Stories
Field Trip: Classmates Fear Sharing Bed With Gay Student, Mom Has To Chaperone
Rahm had every reason to be excited about his upcoming middle school field trip. From 6th Grade, we’re told the DC trip is awesome. It’s the end of the year, it’s so cool, y...
I’m From Eugene, OR.
Prior to my first public declaration that I was gay, I had been married to a wonderful woman for 27 years. Together we raised four children and I have two grandchildren. I love the...
I’m From Revere, MA.
Life is a road full of choosing to go left or right. Many turns, good and bad, have brought me here today. Having just turned 46 I find myself reflective these days. I have had ful...
Mom Attends Drag Show To Learn How To Accept Gay Son.
Barton’s story will take you on an up-and-down journey, beginning with optimism… In this chat room, I met this professor. He became a very influential person in my life. I was ...
I’m From South Portland, ME.
I was 15 years old when I came out to my parents in 1976. Actually, my 15-year-old boyfriend “confessed” to his parents about us, and I was outed in that way. My dad was a reti...
I’m From Bourne, MA.
As a kid, I wasn’t exactly the usual boy. Sure I loved my matchbox cars and I liked to play video games but that was only one side of me. The other side of me loved to go to my g...
I’m From Orlando, FL.
The rather large, chalk-white pill looked up at me from my palm as I poured a glass of water; it made taking the pill easier. A migraine, and a pill to fix it, and a day I missed s...
“You’re Going To Hell,” FL State Legislator Tells Gay Teen.
When Christopher Vasquez was a teenager, he and a group of other teens visited the Florida capitol to lobby for the Dignity for All Students Act, an anti-bullying bill. The visit d...
I’m From Mesa, AZ.
I was raised in the Mormon church all of my life, 6-7 generations deep. I was married at 21 and immediately started having kids. After all, for all of my life I was playing the “...
The Kiss That Changed My Life.
When Jason was 14 years old, he was a foreign exchange student in Ecuador. After befriending a native, they quickly developed a bond with each other. Before long, that bond lead to...
I’m From Portland, OR.
Momma loved pretty. She kept all her pretty locked up in a turquoise travel case that she hid in the back of her closet. I remember being about five (or maybe six) years old and si...
I’m From Raymond, MN.
In light of the recent tragic suicides as a result of gay teens being bullied, it has brought back a lot of memories of the struggles and pain that I went through when people found...
