by Dan Doughty

I’m From Kaysville, UT.

During the summers of my early teen years while my brother Josh and I were romping about our suburban neighborhood committing various acts of arson, minor cases of animal cruelty,...

by Kurt Hoffmann

I’m From Factoryville, PA.

I didn’t come out to my family until I was 26. I struggled for years with being gay, and even had a girlfriend until the fall of my senior year of college. After we broke up, we...

by Ryan Oldroyd

I’m From Glenwood, UT – Video Story.

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or ifMy name’s Ryan Oldroyd, I’m from Glenwood, Utah. You probably know a lot of guys in Utah go on missions, and I went on one when I was nineteen. They typical go from nineteen t...

by James Tower

I’m From Toronto, ON, Canada.

When I was thirteen a friend of mine was working in a corner store where, unknown to the owner, was clipping out photographs from Playboy and Penthouse. My friend had hit puberty,...

by Jay Santiago

I’m From Kansas.

I came out to my family and close friends around the beginning of January 2011. Although my mom is a lesbian, I still found it difficult to come clean with her. I suppose a lot of...

by Carissa & Josie

I’m From Alamogordo, NM – Video Story.

Josie: The way I found out about my daughter was that she went out one night and I was very angry. The next morning is when she came out and told me she was gay. And I didn’t ac...

by Thomas Moore

I’m From Portland, OR.

Breathe. Breathe. Breathe…phewwwwwww. I let out a long breath. “Mom I’m really nervous.” I say in a tone that screams “HELP ME!”, “Boo, there’s nothing to be scare...

by Earl

I’m From Orange, VA – Video Story.

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or ifMy name is Earl and I’m from Orange, Virginia. When I realized I was gay it actually changed my entire personality, because when I was younger I was really outgoing but when I t...

I’m From London, UK.

Peggy and I were perfect together. We had exactly the same sense of humour and endless things to talk about, even though we were two of the shyest people on the planet. I guess we...