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 Women Stories
I’m From Merrimack, NH.
Today I was going to go to my school’s GSA but instead I went to a therapist appointment. I’m so glad I did. I went in, pissed that I was not expressing my gayness in a room fu...
I’m From Simi Valley, CA – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Michelle Stone If there was only one important fact that I could have learned when I was a little girl, it would be that your attraction to...
I’m From Lawrence, KS.
People don’t usually ask you what it’s like to be gay. They ask you how your parents reacted when you came out to them. They ask you when you knew. But they never ask what it f...
I’m From Mechanicsville, VA.
It is my dad’s 36th birthday and I am holding a cardboard box that is moving. He’s on the phone—he’s often on the phone—but the night’s plan has no room for interruptio...
I’m From New Britain, PA – Video Story
Interested in being in a Video Story? Just let me know and we’ll set up a time and place to meet. Watch all the IFD Video Stories here. For the transcript, Continue Reading. M...
I’m From Brooklyn, NY.
NOTE: Sylvia’s Place is an emergency night shelter and daytime community space for homeless LGBTQ youth, 16-24, in New York City. Every story this week will by someone from Syl...
I’m From San Francisco, CA – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Kate W. I find my femininity sometimes, lurking, like the sticky film left when melted ice cream is too-quickly mopped up with an unclean sp...
I’m From Dallas, TX.
I grew up in the South – with the conservative attitudes that entails. My parents had divorced, and my father had killed himself when I was 12. Despite the instability I grew up ...
I’m From Seattle, WA – Featured Artist
FEATURED ARTIST – Frank-Joseph STORY by A.E. At fourteen, every relationship seems like it will last forever. I spent hours imagining my future with my…I don’t even know wha...
I’m From The Woodlands, TX.
One of the most important events to occur in my short, largely meaningless life is starting a Gay-Straight Alliance at my high school. We’d all suffered enough under the school�...
I’m From Johns Creek, GA.
My name is Kelly and I am in my teens. I’ve been told many times during my awkward confessions to friends and relatives that I am too young to be sure of my sexuality. I know som...
I’m From Dubuque, IA.
Only a few months after coming out, the Prop 8 decision was passed down and the gay community said, “Enough Already!” As the protests and the marches were organized across the ...
