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
I’m From Pflugerville, TX – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can learn more about Milani and about our adventure in Garland, Texas. ...
I’m From Tamms, IL.
I’m from Tamms, Illinois. Practically no one who isn’t from Tamms has heard of it. It is a small, dying town in southernmost Illinois. Farm country, beautiful to look at…regr...
I’m From Lake Charles, LA – Video Story.
I’m Paul Soileau and I’m from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Lake Charles is a really small town. I was like 13 when I came out. I was in a Catholic school, and I found this boy in...
I’m From Salt Lake City, UT.
“Karen, he just referred to that guy he’s with as his husband! Can you believe it? What perverts!” The comment came from behind us and I turned to scan the line of people wai...
I’m From Stirling, Scotland.
I came out to myself almost 20 years ago, when I was at high school, but chose not to do anything about it for a long time. I didn’t think it was possible to be gay and a geek, I...
I’m From Detroit, MI.
“Nah, I can’t be g*y…I just have to find the right woman…yeah, that’s it…” If you say it to yourself enough times, you’ll believe it. I was too afraid to face my tr...
I’m From New York, NY.
Gay. I’ve considered this word throughout my life, trying to find the place for it and the meaning of it, to me. Growing up in San Francisco, where the Gay Parade was as synonymo...
I’m From Ridgeland, MS.
In the third grade, my older male cousin misused me. I don’t want to blame him for anything that I am because I would like to think that I have written my own story. This being s...
I’m From Kenosha, WI – Video Story.
Want to be in a Video Story? We’re currently on our 50-state Story Tour collecting stories from all across the US. Suggest a stop on our map and we could come to you. Watch a...
I’m From Nazareth, Haifa North, Palestine.
I grew up in Nazareth, the city where Jesus was born, peace be upon him, in a Muslim family committed to doing all religious duties. I love the Islamic religion and Christianity ve...
I’m From Silver Spring, MD.
Something smooth and cool turned on my table. I look at the cover, “Take 5” it says. Oh Dave Brubeck if only it were that easy. I find five being a constant number in my life. ...
I’m From Pikeville, KY.
Where to begin… I was raised in a very religious family (Old Regular Baptist), where my grandfather was a preacher. From an early age I was told that any deviation from what was ...
