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
I’m From Cedar City, UT.
I’ve known I was gay since I was 7 years old when I could look at guys and think they were cute. I think I could have been bisexual, but girls have scared me ever since being rap...
“I Stood Up And Said ‘I’m Gay’ To The Whole School.” I’m From Needham, MA – Video Story.
In Lauren’s Junior year of high school, there was a “No Place For Hate” month. The month was followed by a panel with students talking about different forms of hate, like rac...
I’m From Woodbridge, VA.
Like many gays in the United States, I grew in up in a heterosexist and devoutly Protestant family. We went to church very frequently, where pastors would demagogue us and frighten...
I’m From Sidney, OH.
I wake up to the sound of the ocean coming through the closed window. This house is so close to the water that it doesn’t matter whether the window is opened or closed. The sooth...
I’m From Alburtis, PA.
In the small eastern Pennsylvania town where I grew up, homophobic bullying was like the noisy freight trains that thundered daily along the tracks at the edge of town: just part...
I’m From Grayling, MI.
I was 22 and sitting in the living room of my house at college with two of my best friends, who I’ll call Jack and Kate. I was also entirely closeted with no plans to come out�...
I’m from Rochester Hills, MI.
Back in the day, the Religious Wrong exclaimed that “joining the Gay Lifestyle” would shorten our lives, cause depression and lead to alcoholism and suicide. Our lives were des...
Tyrone Smith Reflects on Philly’s Black Gay Community Coming Together During the HIV/AIDS Crisis
My name is Tyrone Smith, I’m originally from Kinston, North Carolina but I’ve lived here in Philadelphia for most of my adult life. And I’m an openly, affirming African Ameri...
Black Community Spotlight: Khary
I’m from Queens, NY. To reinforce the sometimes overlooked fact that there are black people in the LGBTQ community, and also that there are LGBTQ people in the black commu...
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“It Became Very Clear That ‘Gay’ In [The Grander World] Meant White. And Everybody Else Was Kind Of Visiting.”
I’m from Chicago, IL. My name is Stephen Winter, I’m originally from Chicago, IL. I’m here to talk to you about this time this guy named Nathan called me and said he w...
I’m from Glassboro, NJ.
Two years ago I started a really long and arduous battle to reclaim myself. Two years ago I broke down in front of my parents and begged them to fix me. I walked into an office aft...
