by Mike Rock

I’m From Battle Creek, MI.

I was raised in a middle class neighborhood called “The Numbered streets.” I looked out the back of the house at a Plumbing supply store. My father worked in the HVAC field an...

by A.J.

I’m From Nairobi, Kenya.

I met him when I was 14 years old and a freshman in high school. It sounds silly and made up but I honestly remember the first time our eyes met and for that millisecond time froz...

by Gill

I’m From Palm Springs, CA – Video Story.

My name is Gill, I’m From Palm Springs, I’m a middle-aged guy, I came out 15 years ago so I’m still an adolescent as far as my gay life down here. That being said, I’m par...

by Zachary Armstrong

I’m From Dallas, TX.

No, it was not an overnight change. This was an event years in the making. Then again, it’s not like anyone was going to think otherwise, were they? What with all the pro-gay pr...

by Fernando Leon

I’m From Riverbank, CA.

I grew up in a Roman Catholic Chicano household and kept my sexuality a secret, having the pressures of getting married someday and having children of my own. I know how it is to ...

by Karlis Streips

I’m From Morton Grove, IL.

Sometimes it’s not only going to get better, sometimes it’s okay right from the start. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago in the 1960s, and I knew from a very young age that ...

by Michael

I’m From London, England.

I miss one thing. I grew up in a classic 70’s burb. No gays. All whites. Little life. Worse: nylon clothes. Worst: no deli. At 13 I forged a heart-bond with a mate at school. We...

by Margaret McGregor

I’m From Lewiston, NY.

I grew up in Lewiston, NY which is a small town not too far from Niagara Falls. Back then the only thing that made me different was the fact that I was hearing-impaired. Somehow b...

by Ashley

I’m From Hagerstown, MD.

I don’t know when I first realized that I found girls attractive, but I have for as long as I can remember. I was raised first as a Christian, then a few years as a Quaker, then...