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 Lesbian Stories
I’m From Brooklyn, NY.
NOTE: Sylvia’s Place is an emergency night shelter and daytime community space for homeless LGBTQ youth, 16-24, in New York City. Every story this week will by someone from Syl...
I’m From San Francisco, CA – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Kate W. I find my femininity sometimes, lurking, like the sticky film left when melted ice cream is too-quickly mopped up with an unclean sp...
I’m From Dallas, TX.
I grew up in the South – with the conservative attitudes that entails. My parents had divorced, and my father had killed himself when I was 12. Despite the instability I grew up ...
I’m From Seattle, WA – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Frank-Joseph STORY by A.E. At fourteen, every relationship seems like it will last forever. I spent hours imagining my future with my…I don’t even know wha...
I’m From The Woodlands, TX.
One of the most important events to occur in my short, largely meaningless life is starting a Gay-Straight Alliance at my high school. We’d all suffered enough under the school�...
I’m From Johns Creek, GA.
My name is Kelly and I am in my teens. I’ve been told many times during my awkward confessions to friends and relatives that I am too young to be sure of my sexuality. I know som...
I’m From Dubuque, IA.
Only a few months after coming out, the Prop 8 decision was passed down and the gay community said, “Enough Already!” As the protests and the marches were organized across the ...
I’m From Lombard, IL.
My first kiss was at age 11, under the bleachers at summer day camp with a girl named April. We were playing truth or dare. Everyone laughed and so did I. “You guys should make o...
I’m From Toronto, ON, Canada.
When I was small, I practiced kissing with other girls. But everyone did, and I never thought much of it. I kind of hated girls. They picked on me, and I always seemed to be ...
I’m From Long Island, NY.
I’m a late bloomer. I came out…(I always have to figure it up) 16 years ago, when i was 33. Between one moment and the next, one as a straight person, the next as a…not strai...
I’m From Watford City, ND – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Kelley Halvorson It was 1976, the year I won a Soprano spot in the North Dakota State Honors Choir. A small-town gal, I was thrilled to han...
I’m From Clarksville, TN.
We were just children on the playground. I was a tall and chunky girl, and you were even taller and so much more graceful. What grade were we in? I swear it was the third grade; it...
