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.
Storyteller Spotlight - Austin
Highball (Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar)
July 26, Stories & Socializing
Come socialize with the I’m From Driftwood community, watch three powerful Video Stories, and hear an engaging Q&A with the storytellers. Free event, registration required.
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Latest Stories
Adoption, Transition, and Becoming Whole
I’m Jendi Reiter and I’m from New York City. I grew up in the lower East side of Manhattan in the 1970s with two moms. My biological mom was very femme and kind of...
He Went to a Rally… and Met His Future Husband
My name is Larry Picard. I’m from Holyoke, Massachusetts. So I met my first, well, my only girlfriend when I was 19 years old, and I was a singing waiter and she was a s...
School District Tried to Erase LGBTQIA+ Families–And Failed
So I’m Peggy Gillespie and I’m living in North Hampton, Massachusetts. Back in 1993, I was a mom of a three-year-old multiracial child. In preschool, my kid was gr...