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 Voices Stories
Man’s Wife Encourages Him To Have Sexual Experience With Another Man.
I was born in London, England in 1951, and I’ve lived in Germany and Holland. I moved to Italy, Tuscany in 1976. I suppose by the age of 12, that was a rather important moment in...
“You Have To Leave.” Facing Discrimination In A Hospital At The Height of the AIDS Crisis.
I’m Doug Rice, I’m from Rochester, New York. Robert and I met in 1983 at a record store I was working at. He came in as a customer and I’d just gone to a Talking Heads concer...
Song Lyrics Inspire Queer Man To Come Out.
My name’s Jerome Bwire and I’m from Reno, Nevada. I ended up going to school and the University of San Diego. Up until that point I had kind of gotten pretty good at ignoring m...
Video Games Help Trans Woman Embrace Identity
I am Nicole Modjeski and I’m from Jackson, Mississippi. My mother was a single parent mom and we lived in the Spring Ridge Road Mobile Estates which is basically a trailer park. ...
New Teacher Shuts Down Homophobic Language In Classroom.
My name’s Alexa Espinal and I’m from New York City. I recently came to Mississippi about four months ago to teach. I’m teaching middle school art, so I teach 6th, 7th, and 8t...
“Be Happy. The Gay Brotherhood Demands This Of You.”
My name is Dave White, I’m a writer and I live in Los Angeles. I grew up in southeastern New Mexico. When I was 17 years old in 1982 my family was living in a little town called ...
“I Really Wish You Were My Real Father.” A Dream-Come-True Adoption Story.
My name is Larry Bennett and I’m from Washington, DC. I think the reason I got involved with the Big Brothers was in spite of the AIDS crisis was my love of children and my desir...
One Group Says “Act Like A Man.” One Group Says “Femme It Up.” Icon Does Neither.
My name is Icon, and I’m from Philadelphia, PA. I’ve always had a fascination with arts and performance and theater, growing up watching people like Michael Jackson or Janet Ja...
“I’m Christian But I’m Also A Very Out Lesbian.”
My name is Crystal Cheatham and I’m from Cochranville, Pennsylvania. I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian community which is Seventh-day Adventism. And if you know anything ab...
The Impact of Missing Out On “Junior High Drama.”
I’m Jose Reyes, I’m from Corvallis, Oregon. I grew up in a religious and conservative household, I also went to a Christian school, went to church a lot. So for me, always know...
“I Was Very, Very Happy That Stonewall Had Happened.”
My name is Perry Brass, I’m originally from Savannah, Georgia. I realized I was gay, certainly by the time I was 15. And at that point I went through a real crisis. And like a lo...
Performance Teaching Artist Confronts Homophobia.
My name is Karen Anzoategui and I’m from Huntington Park, California, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m a solo performer, writer, artivist, and actor. And I teach performance to...
