by Michael Krenzer

Despite the fact that I grew up in a conservative household — my mother was raised Irish Catholic, my father Lutheran — my parents always taught me to be accepting and toleran...

by Kyle

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, Continue Reading. ...

by Randal Fedje

I went through high school, University and a Graduate degree and not once did I tell a soul that I was gay until a month and a half before my 29th birthday. It wasn’t until I ha...

Yesterday, (or was it two days ago? I can’t remember) my friend told me she was hurt when I told her I was gay. It was not because she was homophobic–if anything, she’s defi...

by Ari Warshawsky

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, Continue Reading. ...

by Peter Verdijk

Being the youngest of three siblings–my sisters are ten years older than me–and being a boy, I hit the ground running in my family. My dad was the guy who showed up at dinner ...

by R.M.

I was a fairly handsome guy when I was younger, and I’ve been on a million first dates, all but five of them with women. I’ve been on six second dates; two of them with women ...

by Greg

I grew up in Alabama – small towns, strong morals, Bible Belt Capital! I was (and am) extremely close to all of my family. I realized there was something “different” with me...

by Nicholas Creason

My father and I were never really close. Everyone always saw us as the same: same looks, same height and same sense of humor. As my aunt put it, “it’s disgustingly sick” how...