by Jason Mergen and Perry Evans

I’m From Alexandria, MN – 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. We met Jason and Perry in Alexandria, MN. If you haI’m Perry Evans and I’m from, originally from Ashton, South Dakota. I’m Jason Mergen I grew up in a small town, well, the nearest town was actually Avon, Minnesota. Yep, we�...

by Daniel Mitchell

I’m From Baltimore, MD.

I was born in Baltimore, Maryland in November of 1967. When my mother and father divorced a couple of years later, my mom and I moved in with my grandmother. She was the love of m...

by Zack Petrick

I’m From Grand Forks, ND – 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. We met Zack Petrick in Grand Forks, North Dakota.I’m Zack Patrick. I am from Grand Forks, North Dakota. And right before my 21st birthday North Dakota was going through Senate Bill 2278 which would have banned discrimination i...

by Misty Major

I’m From Simi Valley, CA.

I was born in Roswell, New Mexico. Maybe that explains why I am the way I am… or maybe all LGBTQ individuals are just really aliens. Either way, Roswell had nothing to do with m...

by Tre Gibbs

I’m From Baltimore, MD.

Hi. My name is Carlton, but my grandmother decided when I was born that since I was “the third,” she was going to call me Tré. I was always grateful for that, even though we ...

by Brian Ness

I’m From Minneapolis, MN – 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. We met Brian Ness in Minneapolis, MN, and he was ouI’m Brian Ness. I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I grew up here for the majority of my life, and grew up in a pretty typical Minnesotan home. Where I knew from a pretty early ...

by Terry Bigler

I’m From Ephrata, PA.

I’m from Ephrata. I’ve lived there for the past 33 years. I moved there to be with my first true love. My partner and I lived in the same house for 27 years and then I lost hi...

by Jason Cozart

I’m From Pittsburgh, PA.

I can never repay the deeds and downright good will the people in my life blessed me with. It all started back in 2002 on an unseasonably warm evening in Central Pennsylvania. My ...

by Laurence W.

I’m From Pibrac, Midi-Pyrénées, France.

I was about 5’5”, fifteen years old and I wore my heart on my sleeve. It was about October time, so the leaves were all on the ground and it was dry and cold. We, my friends a...