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 Kentfield, CA.
I am, at heart, a storyteller. Nevermind that I’m in law school, or that I’ve never finished a document I’d refer to as a story, but only fits and starts, bits and fragments....
I’m From Driftwood, TX – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Nick Manske STORY by Nathan Manske I guess I always knew, but it wasn’t until my late teens that I really came to terms with it: I had special powers. It was ...
I’m From Utah.
In all fairness, it has been about six years since my story happened so bare with me if some parts do not have as much detail as others. What’s it about? Well it’s not a happy ...
I’m From Toronto, ON, Canada – Video Story
Uhm, I have the coolest mom and dad in the entire world. I’m pretty much in awe of them. I was pretty much raised by Cyndi Lauper and I don’t know who my dad would be my dad is...
I’m From Den Helder, Netherlands.
How do you come out when you are a Navy officer? When you are sailing on a frigate with 250 men whose biggest insult to swing at each other is, “Yo, homo.”? But you also think:...
I’m From Dallas, TX.
While I was on a school bus on the way back to school from a field trip, I heard some people call others “homos” and “gay.” After not being able to stand this for half an h...
I’m From Cannonville, UT.
I grew up in an extremely small LDS (Mormon) town in Southern Utah. Unlike other small towns mine was truly small, with a population of 150–that includes all the livestock. It wa...
I’m From Santa Ana, CA.
“To Robert finding a guy,” my friend Klara* toasts me right before downing a shot of Bacardi 151. She and three other girls were forcing me to go gay clubbing in West Hollywood...
I’m From Staten Island, NY – Video Story
Interested in being in a Video Story? Just let me know and we’ll set up a time and place to meet. I remember when I finally told my mom it took a lot of build-up to tell her. W...
I’m From Dillon, CO.
I grew up at the feet of mountains, colossal concubines groomed for the pleasure of strangers, and these valley towns are swollen with strangers like too much salt in a cell. This ...
I’m From Luxora, AR.
I was born gay, of course, and went through hell all the way through school. I was called faggot, queer, and homo all through life. I came out to my parents when I was 17. My mom c...
I’m From Crestview, FL.
I came out to my friend I believe on the 16th of February. The weekend before, just hanging at his house I said, “If I told you something, would you promise to keep it a secret?�...
