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 Elders Stories
I’m From King City, CA – Video Story.
This week, guest videographer and editor Jesse James Rice and I are accompanying the more than 3000 riders and volunteers of the AIDS LifeCycle and collecting their stories. If...
I’m From San Francisco, CA – Video Story.
This week, guest videographer and editor Jesse James Rice and I are accompanying the more than 3000 riders and volunteers of the AIDS LifeCycle and collecting their stories. If...
I’m From Oswego, NY – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or if ...
I’m From Glasgow, KY – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or if ...
I’m From New Orleans, LA – Video Story.
My name is Dix and I’m from New Orleans. This is where I grew up. I have a daughter who is – it’s almost criminal to call her seventeen because she’s going to be eighteen i...
I’m From Casper, WY – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or if ...
I’m From Carnoustie, Scotland, UK – Video Story.
I’m Alan Cumming and I grew up near Carnoustie in Scotland, the north east of Scotland. I grew up on a country estate where my dad was the head forester. I grew up in the middle ...
We’re From Chicago, IL – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or if ...
I’m From Cleveland, OH – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. We met Sonja in Cleveland, Ohio. She works for Colors of Cleveland Pride, a non-profit that provides “outreach s...
I’m From Cazenovia, NY – Video Story.
My name’s 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 di...
Mayor Annise Parker – I’m From Houston, TX.
Transcript: My name is Annise Parker and I am the Mayor of Houston Texas. I knew that I was gay, began putting a name to it when I was twelve, didn’t come out until I was fifteen...
I’m From New York, NY – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure and learn more about Bevan and our trip to San Franci...
