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![After Standing Up to Abusive Father, Gay Immigration Lawyer Dedicates His Career to Helping Others.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/092122hs.png)
After Standing Up to Abusive Father, Gay Immigration Lawyer Dedicates His Career to Helping Others.
My name is Will, I’m from Houston, Texas. From an early age, I realized I was different and didn’t fit in with other children my age. I loved the color purple and fo...
![From Hyper-Feminine to Gender Nonconforming: Bisexual Woman Leaves Toxic Fiancé & Embraces Identity.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/032421hs_ALT.png)
From Hyper-Feminine to Gender Nonconforming: Bisexual Woman Leaves Toxic Fiancé & Embraces Identity.
My name is MJ Hébert. I’m from Lafayette, Louisiana. It’s 2016 and I’ve just met someone that I have overwhelming feelings for. And I fall into a whirlwind romance with the...
![“Maybe I Am A Tatted-Up, Crazy Witch Lesbian Slut And Maybe I Just Need To Go Be That Person.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0327.jpg)
“Maybe I Am A Tatted-Up, Crazy Witch Lesbian Slut And Maybe I Just Need To Go Be That Person.”
My name is Autumn and I’m from Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in a small cabin, Swiss Family Robinson-style treehouse type situation that my dad built in the middle of a state fo...
![Overcoming Sexual Abuse: “Music Is Responsible For Saving My Life.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Joey-Suarez.jpg)
Overcoming Sexual Abuse: “Music Is Responsible For Saving My Life.”
I’m Joey Suarez and I’m from San Antonio, Texas. In Miami, Florida, when I was 8 years old, I was in 1st grade. And I was in Ms. Baker’s class. And we just had the DARE prog...
![“Sexual Abuse is Something We Go Through and Not Something That We Are.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Stephen-Land.jpg)
“Sexual Abuse is Something We Go Through and Not Something That We Are.”
My name is Stephen Land and I’m originally from Phoenix, Arizona. I grew up in a very conservative Christian family. We went to church every Sunday. We went to church every Wedn...
![After Struggling With Homelessness, Angela Makes a Better Life For Herself.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Angela-Louis2.jpg)
After Struggling With Homelessness, Angela Makes a Better Life For Herself.
My name is Angela Louis, I’m from Brooklyn, NY. Ever since I was born I knew something was different. I knew I was born in the wrong body. Wanting to have a boyfriend and wantin...
![State Satellite overhead image from Google Earth 2022](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Michigan.png)
I’m From Midland, MI.
Ever since I could think about myself, I never felt truly “right.” So, around four years of age, I started trying on girls’ clothes from my friends, and, when I did, I just ...
![I’m From Casper, WY – Video Story.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/will-welch-casper-ifd.jpg)
I’m From Casper, WY – 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 ifI am from Riverton and Casper, Wyoming. I am 32 years old. I’m gay. By the time I was 16 years old I was just over it. I was done with it. That was the beginning of a period of ...
![State Satellite overhead image from Google Earth 2022](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/California.png)
I’m From Los Angeles, California.
My name is Felix Montano and I am a gay 48-year-old first generation son of Cuban-American immigrant parents. My brother-in-law, married to my older sister, is Muslim. My mother a...