by Tom

I’m From Fishkill, NY.

I was born in the 1950’s when Fishkill was a very quiet village of no more than a few hundred people. It was a beautiful place to grow up and I often wandered into the woods aro...

by Allen Brandt

I’m From Elkton, SD.

My sophomore year of South Dakota State, I was SLOWLY coming to terms with my sexuality. After I gained 40 pounds of fat my Freshmen year, I knew I had to make a change. So, I too...

by Travis Warby

I’m From Orange, VA.

When I came out it was like a bomb had gone off in my town. I was 14 and the only openly gay person in my entire high school. I did it very suddenly, basically I just got tired of...

by Paul Richmond

I’m From Grove City, OH.

I stood waiting restlessly, fidgeting with my ring and glancing at my watch. It had been a whole eight minutes since the guard led my family back through the roped off Dollywood t...

by Kenneth Rainer

I’m From Cut and Shoot, TX.

I attended a small Baptist church and a somewhat small high school. I have lesbian grandparents, which I believe assisted in this stigma against homosexuality in my household. I b...

by Wendell Mayes IV

I’m From Austin, TX.

I don’t remember the details. I remember the location, the circumstances, the friends that were beside me and the strangers that helped them defend me, the way he made me feel, ...

by Michelle Kupiec

I’m From Middleburg Heights, OH.

I come from a quiet midwestern suburb of Cleveland. Hardly diverse and overall has a tone of intolerance just lurking below the surface for anything not white, straight, and moder...

by Daniel Strohmeier

I’m From Lakeport, CA – Featured Artist

Story and art by Daniel Strohmeier My father was a used car salesman by day, and by night and weekend he was a lousy, yet enthusiastic, do-it-yourself home repair man. There is a...

by Burt Likko

I’m From Milwaukee, WI.

This is the story of the only time I ever breached my ethical duties as a lawyer. I was not that long out of law school, and in the mid-1990’s in Southern California, it was a t...