PHOTOS: NYC Spring Fundraiser

Last Thursday was the IFD Spring Fundraiser, hosted once again by the wonderfully accommodating Casa de Costa. A big thanks to our Host Committee for getting such a great turnout...

by Radu Bradu

I’m From Bucharest, Ilfov, Romania.

I woke up one day realizing that I was different from other kids. I didn’t know exactly how at first, but soon it became pretty clear. I still remember seeing a gay pride parade...

by Taylor Parr

I’m From Cedar City, UT.

I’ve known I was gay since I was 7 years old when I could look at guys and think they were cute. I think I could have been bisexual, but girls have scared me ever since being ra...

by Mikayla B.

I’m From Erie, PA.

I spent most of my childhood as a stereotypical tomboy. I did, and still do, have an extreme dislike of wearing anything like dresses or skirts or pretty girly stuff. I played sof...

by Siobhan Fitzpatrick

I’m From Keene, TX.

I consider myself a female-assigned genderqueer pansexual. Though I am open to dating a person of any gender or gender variant, I’ve only had experience with cismen and ciswomen...

by Mariette Joseph

I’m From Pleasantville, NJ.

I recently moved into my very first apartment. I am 25 years old. I have lived with little sister and my overly spiritual mother for the past five years. My mother knows that I am...

by Lauren

“I Stood Up And Said ‘I’m Gay’ To The Whole School.” I’m From Needham, MA – Video Story.

In Lauren’s Junior year of high school, there was a “No Place For Hate” month. The month was followed by a panel with students talking about different forms of hate, like ra...

by Arni M.

I’m From Woodbridge, VA.

Like many gays in the United States, I grew in up in a heterosexist and devoutly Protestant family. We went to church very frequently, where pastors would demagogue us and frighte...

by Rachel M.

I’m From Greeley, CO.

I wasn’t even the one who brought it up. My mother asked me on a trip to Denver if I was questioning my sexuality, and a sense of relief flowed through me. For the past few mont...