by Thea Iberall

“What Was It Like? Stories by LGBTQ Elders” is a new program by I’m From Driftwood, in partnership with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable provider, and SAGE, the count...

by Perry Brass

My name is Perry Brass, I’m originally from Savannah, Georgia. I realized I was gay, certainly by the time I was 15. And at that point I went through a real crisis. And like a l...

by Gilbert Parker

Gilbert Parker has had a full life. The retired literary and talent agent from William Morris Agency shares stories of his NYC life in the 1960s, which includes a comedic near-hoo...

I’m writing this at 51 and recalling my coming out experiences with my family and friends when I was a youth. The distance of time I am sure plays a role in my story and there i...

by Karlis Streips

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 Stephen Gross

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure, and where you can learn a bit more about Stephen. IMy name is Stephen Gross. I grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. A town of about 16,000 in the southeastern part of the state. And I now live in Des Moines. Growing up in a town that size, in...

by Mitch

I’m Mitch and I’m from New York City, and I’ve lived here for 40 years now. And for years, and I think not unusual for someone of my generation, there was an enormous amount...

by Cliff Townsend

I hail from South Bend, Indiana, where I grew up in a virtually non-homophobic environment. I did not witness any negativity from parents, teachers or other adults towards any of ...

by Graeme Scott

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...