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 Joliet, IL.
I was raised in a strict Catholic home. My mother is an ex-Catholic nun. Growing up I knew I was different. I was raised with Bibles, rosaries, religious statues, the works. Growin...
I’m From Hauppauge, NY – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Casey Harris STORY by Doug Hubbard Why do we admire a hero? It’s late August, and I step onto my local subway in Brooklyn and take a seat. I’m doodling ar...
I’m From Donora, PA.
My mother recently came to visit me in Indianapolis, where I currently live. I have always been close with my mother as most gay guys are. I did not know it at the beginning of the...
I’m From Madrid, Spain.
I was born in Madrid a long time ago, when words like “gay” or “lesbian” were unknown, but I realized almost in infancy that I was not like most of the other guys: I liked ...
I’m From Kansas City, MO.
Kansas City is an okay town. I still live in the area, but it wasn’t the best place to grow up when nature saw fit to give me a girly brain in a body with boy junk stuck on it. T...
I’m From St. Louis, MO – Video Story
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. My name’s Chuck Doerrer and I’m fro...
I’m From Dearborn, MI.
“I stand for excellence and the fair treatment of all.” Dismissed. The last verse of the sailor’s creed was still ringing in my ear as I ran upstairs to my barracks room. Jus...
I’m From Boonville, MO.
We’d “met” via the “Honesty Box” application on Facebook; that probably should have been my first sign. I was just barely out to myself and still very disoriented, but Ho...
I’m From West Palm Beach, FL.
I attended the local arts middle-high school in West Palm (its abbreviated name to the locals), and it was cool to be gay! Well, maybe “cool” isn’t the best word, but being g...
I’m From Tiffin, OH.
I work for a traveling theatre company and it is very hard for me to meet someone while I am on the road. Every week I am in a different location and I can not be out on the job, w...
I’m From Brighton, IL.
In the morning gridlock, next to me, a young man in his early twenties sat in a shiny new SUV. I couldn’t help but watch him sit there, head bobbing slightly to the beat of some ...
I’m From Bloomington, IN.
I stopped going to gay bars very shortly after turning 21. I had gone to our local gay club (may it rest in peace, it closed a couple years ago) for karaoke night with a friend. It...
