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
Hurricane Sandy Results In Lesbian Coming Out To Grandma.
No one expects that a natural disaster or major storm would lead to someone accepting you more than they did in the past, but that’s exactly what happened for me during Hurricane...
“We Need To Change That Idea That Rural Areas Are Unsafe Because It’s Not True.”
My name is Rachel and I’m from Jacox, West Virginia. I grew up on a 100-acre sheep farm about an hour outside of a town of about 3,000 people. I believe it’s the most beautiful...
“Surprise!” Abby Comes Out To Her 90-Year-Old Grandpa.
I’m Abby Fink and I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I recently came out to my grandfather. He was kind of the last one in my family to know. His name is Irving and he’s th...
Queer Latina Connects With Prince and Lives a Life of Sex Positive Activism.
My name is Elicia Gonzales and I am originally from Colorado. When people ask me where, I usually say Denver, ‘cause that’s what people know. But I technically grew up in Broom...
IFD Archives: “Heterosexual, Transgender, Lesbian” Provides Hope to Young People.
My name is Amanda and I’m from Cazenovia, New York, small little town outside Syracuse, New York. When I first came to SAGE, which is an organization for elder LGBT, when I was a...
” I Want People to Know That There’s Not One Type of Love. There are a Billion Types.”
My name is Tyunique Nelson and I’m from Philadelphia, PA. My story started in 9th grade. I got bullied in school because of some other incidents that had been with another studen...
Lesbian Rapper Shares Tribute to Gay Uncle.
My name is Monique Contreras and I’m from Orange County, was raised in Missouri, and I have currently been living in Los Angeles the past 10 years. I cut hair, and I mostly cut m...
Rosa’s Journey From “All Gays Should Go To Hell” to Loving Her Lesbian Daughters.
I’m Rosa Manriquez and I’m from Los Angeles. When people ask me what I am, if I’m LGBTQA, what am I, I tell people I’m neither. I don’t identify by my sexuality, I’m a ...
I’m From Richmond, KY.
I didn’t think monogamy was possible. I’ve been engaged twice to men who never had a chance. Since middle school, I dated guys. I loved the attention and reveled in the stares....
I’m From Arizona.
Never in my life had it ever once entered my mind that I could be anything other than straight. Straight was the default. Everyone was straight in Arizona, or so it seemed to me fo...
I’m From Little Rock, AR.
I have always known I was a lesbian. I remember being in fourth grade, and thinking, “Wait…but she’s a girl…and I’m a girl. But I like her.” At the time it was a really...
I’m From Spring, TX.
I once read that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand and the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is ...
