by Brett Harris

I’m From Shreveport, LA.

In the crisp fall of 1977 I was a strapping and husky 16-year-old. A close (and closeted) high school friend of mine decided we should visit the “Florentine” Night Club; the p...

by C. D.

I’m From Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.

It’s noon and I should be getting up. The breeze coming in from the window is making my bedroom door move backwards and forwards without a sound. It never quite fully closes, no...

by Gerhard M

I’m From Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

I grew up knowing I was different, but also realizing that I needed to conform. To religious attitudes, to what my family wanted, to what I realized was the “norm.” I was very...

by Chuck Doerrer

I’m From St. Louis, MO – Video Story

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. My name’s Chuck Doerrer and I’m fr...

by Matthew Ortiz

I’m From West Palm Beach, FL.

I attended the local arts middle-high school in West Palm (its abbreviated name to the locals), and it was cool to be gay! Well, maybe “cool” isn’t the best word, but being ...

by Javon Morris-Byam

I’m From Randallstown, MD.

Even as a little boy, I knew I was different. I walked around my house in my mother’s heels at age 6. I had my first crush on a boy at age 7. Then when I was 8, I changed school...

by Jordan

I’m From Bellingham, WA.

I was raised in the burbs of Minneapolis, MN. I knew I was “gay” (we didn’t have that word back in the early 60s), when I was 8-10 years old. Feeling different than the othe...

by Jason Knight

I’m From Silver Spring, MD.

My coming out to my parents was never a choice. I never intended to do it when I did. It was late one night when I was at my grandparents’ house with my dad and my brother. I gu...

by Thomas Boettner

I’m From Spartanburg, SC.

Somewhere down the line the idea gets passed along that everyone’s life is unique, down to the tiniest minutia, and at the same time we are all connected due to our similar life...