by Antonio S.

I’m From Los Angeles, CA.

“Bonjour, ça va?” These were the first words I had learned in any language other than Spanish or English at that point in my life. It was September of 1999 and I remember bei...

by Graeme Scott

I’m From Bayswater, Victoria, Australia.

Mine is not a happy one. My story starts when I was about 10. My family and I lived about an hour out from Melbourne in the relatively new suburb of Bayswater (well it was back in...

by Allen S.

I’m From Fort Wayne, IN.

I came out at 27 in 2009. I feel like such a loser saying that. I have a lot of younger friends who came out in middle school, in high school, college… but I really didn’t fig...

by Mikey B.

I’m From Wartburg, TN.

I came out of the closet in my senior year in high school. I was one of those “goth” kids that always wore black and listened to whiny and sad music. When my senior year start...

by Andrew Start

I’m From Spokane, WA – Video Story.

If you’re interested in being in a Video Story, just let me know and we’ll set up a time and place to meet. Watch all the IFD Video Stories here. For the transcript, Contin...

by Rob C.

I’m From Tampico, Tamps, Mexico.

I’m the older brother of a small family. I just recently came out to my parents, and it was by far the hardest thing I’ve done. In my 20 years of life I’ve only seen my dad ...

by Alex G.

I’m From Nashville, TN.

My first kiss wasn’t on my fifteenth birthday. It wasn’t with my girlfriend in my bed. It was on the last day of Reading Buddies in second grade. I was partnered with a first ...

by Ed Whalan

I’m From Canberra, ACT, Australia.

I grew up the youngest of five kids in a very liberal Catholic family. By the time I was in my mid teens my parents had separated and were in the process of starting new relations...

by Adam L.

I’m From Milwaukee, WI.

It’s funny because when you look back at my life I’ve always known I was gay. Finally admitting that to myself was the hardest thing. So hard in fact, it was only a year ago t...