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 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 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 ...
I’m From New York, NY.
That night it happened, that night I had my gay epiphany, was a brutal, agonizing downer. I was an emotional wreck — disgusted, appalled, frightened. And all I’d done is admire...
I’m From Silver Spring, MD.
Ring!Ring!Ring! I wake violently to the relentless ringing of my alarm clock. I stumble from my warm bed, only to find my toes greeted by a cold floor. “Seth…it’s time to go!...
I’m From Denver, CO.
Club Stars was the last of the 3.2 alcohol gay teen bars in 1990, located just west of lower downtown Denver in the railroad yard just off the old 20th Street viaduct. My friend Ky...
I’m From Madison, CT – Video Story.
I’m Blake. I’m from Madison, Connecticut, but I live in New York City. And I had read about people being assaulted for being gay, I think we’ve all been called names before, ...
I’m From Columbia, SC.
My mother moved around a lot. She had little need for companionship beyond her two brothers Steve and Wayne. Wanda Jewell was an adamant girl with dark hair and a penchant for play...
I’m From Winston Salem, NC.
I was always confused about my sexuality. Sometimes I felt straight. Sometimes I felt gay. It would fluctuate like the seasons. I went to school, and got a great job. But I felt co...
I’m From Estcourt, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
I realized that he was crying. Not overtly but softly, quietly. I wanted to put my arm around him but decided not to. We’d chosen to see “Remember Me” because I’d seen most...
