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 Bend, OR.
In high school I always loved going to dances, especially the dances where guys wore formal wear. I have always felt sexy wearing beautiful clothes, and there were very few sociall...
I’m From Akron, OH – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Joe Sinness STORY by James Bell I grew up in Akron, Ohio, a working class town, home to three of the four major rubber companies. The smokestacks belched sulf...
I’m From Pembroke, MA.
I am cursed with two dueling character traits that very often test the limits of this gay seventeen-year-old. On one hand, I am very proud of who I am. I wake up in the morning and...
I’m From Maple Grove, MN – 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. For the transcript, Continue Reading. M...
I’m From Brooklyn, NY.
To most junior high school kids, the sound of the last bell represented freedom. In my gallop home, I had five blocks to run, and four boys to outrun, in the heaviest of winter app...
I’m From Georgetown, OH.
I was not originally from Cincinnati; I was from a small conservative town of about 2,000 people with five stop lights and dial up. This town was called Georgetown, a town rich in ...
I’m From Los Angeles, CA.
Leviticus 18:22: “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, that is detestable.” 4 years ago for Sabbath School I had to know that verse along with a handful of others de...
I’m From Blue Springs, MO.
I am gay. When I say that, I feel extremely awkward, but I also feel extremely proud. This pride comes from the strength to be who I am without worrying what others may think. This...
I’m From Pittsburgh, PA.
I had this friend, I called him ZK, and we had been friends since he was in 6th grade, I was in 7th. We were on the volleyball team together for 2 years, he quit in his 8th grade y...
We’re From Queens, NY, and Clear Lake, TX – 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. For the transcript, Continue Reading. D...
I’m From Tehachapi, CA.
I remember the first time I realized that I wasn’t quite the same as all the other boys in my hometown. I had this best friend, who had been my best friend for years upon countle...
I’m From Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador.
We had done this before. Once everybody was asleep one of us would crawl into the other’s bed and get naked under the sheets. That particular night we were at my parent’s beach...
