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 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 West Milford, NJ.
I should have known from the beginning things where going to be complicated. That was always how you described them. “It’s complicated” you’d say. And it was, because even ...
I’m From Gainesville, FL.
My first crush was on my best friend of nineteen years. We met back in middle school on the first day of school, and I knew I had an instant attraction to him. As time went on we b...
I’m From New York, NY.
I went to graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin. Graduated in 1980. Since then, I have maintained contact with some of my classmates who became good friends and we e...
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 Corte Madera, CA.
I was lucky. I grew up 10 minutes north of San Francisco, and went to school at the ultra-liberal (and pretty awesome) UC Santa Cruz. While I went through the internal struggles of...
I’m From Cheshire, Manchester, UK.
As I sat on the campus of Oxford University, the sun shone over the crisp, green grass of the field. It was a typical English summer’s day, with a pleasant breeze tickling my fac...
I’m From Turkey.
My high school years were the pitch black period of my life. Public humiliation, name calling and laughing at my face were part of my routine. Kids at school were brutal. Forget ab...
I’m From Greenville, SC.
When he told me he loved me I said, “You do?” my voice trailing up at the end to accentuate my surprise. We’d only been dating for two weeks. We were in high school so I gues...
I’m From West Milford, NJ – 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 Fayetteville, NY.
I’m from Fayetteville, NY. Okay, I don’t usually like to admit that. I just say “I’m from New York,” and let people assume I mean the city. I mean, I was born in the city...
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...
