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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.

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After Struggles With Coming Out and Drug Addiction, Gay Frat Brothers Fall In Love And Get Married

by Troy Hallisey

After Struggles With Coming Out and Drug Addiction, Gay Frat Brothers Fall In Love And Get Married

My name is Troy Hallisey, I’m from Westerly, Rhode Island. I went to college at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. My sophomore year somebody that lived on my floor, that I...

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Candidate for Texas State Representative: “I’m the LGBTQ Son of an Undocumented Immigrant.”

by Huey Rey Fischer

Candidate for Texas State Representative: “I’m the LGBTQ Son of an Undocumented Immigrant.”

My name is Huey Rey Fischer. I’m from Rockport, Texas. I grew up on the Texas coast and moved to Austin to study Latin American Studies and Government. Now I’m running for Stat...

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Two Stories Capture Twenty Two Years of LGBTQ Progress.

by Lynn Currie

Two Stories Capture Twenty Two Years of LGBTQ Progress.

I’m Lynn Currie. I’m from Austin, Texas. Growing up my dad was in the military, so we kind of moved all around. And ended up finishing up high school in a little town called Br...

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Arrested For Being Gay At 14 Years Old. “It Was Police Entrapment.”

by Harold Kooden

Arrested For Being Gay At 14 Years Old. “It Was Police Entrapment.”

My name is Harold Kooden, and I was born in Chicago. We moved to California, North Hollywood, California. At about eleven, I discovered quite accidentally in one of the johns in th...

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Romanian Orphan Uninvited To Christmas By Adoptive Parents After Coming Out As Gay.

by Florin

Romanian Orphan Uninvited To Christmas By Adoptive Parents After Coming Out As Gay.

I’m Florin and I’m from Bucharest, Romania. I was born in a Romanian hospital, my mother gave birth to me, falsified her identification, and fled the hospital. She left me ther...

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“Don’t Struggle With Something You Can’t Control.” Gay Son Receives Sage Advice From Mom.

by Matthew Leach

“Don’t Struggle With Something You Can’t Control.” Gay Son Receives Sage Advice From Mom.

My name is Matthew Leach and I’m from Denton, Texas. I went to school at the University of Texas in Austin. When I was a sophomore at college I was in a fraternity, Tau Kappa Eps...

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“Something Told Me That Cops Can’t Be Gay.”

by Dennis Rudder

“Something Told Me That Cops Can’t Be Gay.”

   My name is Dennis Rudder and I’m from Baytown, Texas. You know, when I was a kid growing up, going through high school and all, there was always that thought in the back...

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Senior Class President Fights To Have Gay Student’s Letter Printed In Paper

by Fataah Dihaan

Senior Class President Fights To Have Gay Student’s Letter Printed In Paper

I’m Fataah Dihaan, I’m from Buffalo, New York. I went to an all-boys Jesuit private high school, President of the class, I was fairly popular. My Senior year I was editor of ou...

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Teaching Mom About STIs and How To Use A Condom

by Christa Orth

Teaching Mom About STIs and How To Use A Condom

I’m Christa Orth and I’m from Bothell, Washington. I grew up as a teenager there in the early 90s and I grew up Catholic so I’d go to church every Sunday with my parents. Bec...

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“These White Gay Guys Are Coming To Take All Our Jobs.” Workplace Discrimination In The Mayor’s Office.
“These White Gay Guys Are Coming To Take All Our Jobs.” Workplace Discrimination In The Mayor’s Office.

My name is James Felton Keith. I’m from Detroit Michigan. I moved back home in 2014 to work for the newly elected mayor of Detroit. A few days before I was supposed to start work...

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After Near-Fatal Bout With Weight Loss, Gay Son Chooses Happiness Over Father’s Approval.

by Richard Fox

After Near-Fatal Bout With Weight Loss, Gay Son Chooses Happiness Over Father’s Approval.

My name is Richard Fox and I’m from Queens, New York. I, in my adolescence, had gained some weight as a kid, say from my second grade to high school I basically progressively bec...

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I’m From Tucson, AZ.

by Simon Donovan

I’m From Tucson, AZ.

My horoscope once said that with a new planetary shift it will be the end of “me” consciousness and the beginning of “us” consciousness. I will suddenly shift from self-cen...

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