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 Sexuality Stories
Fighting Against Gay and HIV Stigma In Churches.
Dwayne Carl has a message for the world, and churches in particular: “I’m HIV-positive; GET OVA IT!” Dwayne’s been active in the church community his entire life and HIV-po...
Gay Airman Randy Phillips Wants His Generation To Talk About AIDS.
This week, guest videographer and editor Matthew Ladensack and I are accompanying the more than 2700 riders and volunteers of the AIDS LifeCycle and collecting their stories. If ...
Woman Immortalizes Brother Who Died Of AIDS
So I’m Stephanie from Santa Cruz and this is my brother Gary. He lived in San Francisco and didn’t find out until late in the story that he had AIDS and at that point they didn...
“I’m Here To Talk To You About Marriage For Gay and Lesbian Couples” – Video Story.
Steve Ryan and Jim Bishop are LGBTQ activists who were inspired by a summit put on by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Before they knew it, they were knocking on the doors ...
I’m From Wappingers Falls, NY.
The priest wrapped up his homily. “I would be remiss not to include a word to all the mothers on Mother’s Day. Say thanks to your mothers, and hope that they will continue to g...
Student Causes Change In School After Being Forced Out And Bullied – Video Story.
Charles Johnson came out to one of his best friends. He didn’t expect what happened afterwards. One of my friends was Southern Baptist. She ended up causing a lot of trouble for...
I’m From Fresno, CA.
There’s a swelling in my chest: Hate, shame, loneliness, pain. The man I met on the Internet snores and elbow me in his sleep. The alarm clock light dims the room, I can see his ...
I’m From Downingtown, PA.
Strip away the flesh and bone Look beyond the lies you’ve known Everybody wants to talk about a freak No one want to dig that deep Let me take you underneath – Adam Lambert “...
I’m From Houston, TX.
I grew up in a very strict, religious and physically abusive home environment where mistakes were severely punished and there was no room for self expression. Most of my life up un...
I’m From Marshfield, MO.
I am a graduate of Marshfield High School in Missouri. My family has deep pre-Civil War roots in the Marshfield area to which I moved to from Pleasant Hope in 1978 beginning in the...
Bisexual Ponders Fatherhood in Conservative Town – Video Story.
Henry Elliot is bisexual and wants to have a child. He has a male partner, though, and lives in the conservative town of Alamogordo, New Mexico. “There is a church on every stre...
I’m From East Hartland, CT.
Do you live in small town America? I did. I know the struggle of feeling different. As a boy, I lived in the little town of East Hartland. My uncle called it “Walton’s Mountain...
