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![Homophobic Experience at Medical Center Leads Trans Student to Change Entire Life Path.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/091521banner.png)
Homophobic Experience at Medical Center Leads Trans Student to Change Entire Life Path.
My name is Tavish McMillin. I am from Marietta, Oklahoma. I devoted myself to music all through high school, all through middle school, actually, too. And I decided that, you know...
![After Escaping Certain Death in the Middle East, Gay Man Faces New Challenges In America.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/052621hs.png)
After Escaping Certain Death in the Middle East, Gay Man Faces New Challenges In America.
It was 2003. It was a hot summer day. I was coming out of my work where I worked with an American company, crossing the bridge, trying to take a cab to go back home after a long d...
![Lesbian Activist Recounts Her Decades-Long Fight For Equality In Philadelphia And Beyond.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/042220HS.jpg)
Lesbian Activist Recounts Her Decades-Long Fight For Equality In Philadelphia And Beyond.
1980s: Being Openly Gay In College “Wasn’t Without Some Level Of Risk Every Day.” When I was growing up in high school, I had no idea that I was LGBTQ or potentially LGBTQ....
![Woman Stands Up Against Biphobia In The LGBTQ community: “I Have To Be Who I Am.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/022620HS.jpg)
Woman Stands Up Against Biphobia In The LGBTQ community: “I Have To Be Who I Am.”
My name is Evonna McDonald and I’m from Baltimore, Maryland. So it was the summer going into high school right after middle school where I decided to explore my sexuality. A rea...
![Lesbian Activist Recalls Her Fight For Marriage Equality.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CathyMarino-ThomasHeadshot.jpg)
Lesbian Activist Recalls Her Fight For Marriage Equality.
1970s: Meeting First Girlfriend And Discovering Lesbianism. “She Really Helped Me Start On That Road.” When I was about 17, so that’s in the seventies, I had this friend Je1994: Lesbian Goes From Laughing at the Idea of Same-Sex Marriage to Becoming President of Marriage Equality USA. So it’s maybe 1994. I’ve been living with Sheila, this woman Late 1990s: Lesbian Couple Faces Multiple Challenges In Having a Child. “The Most Joyful Things In Life Are Really Hard To Obtain.” So Sheila, my wife, and I were married a co2006: Children’s Sleepover Conversation About Family Diversity Surprises Mom: “It Was Beautiful And Amazing.” Right so, I guess it was maybe 2006. My daughter was a first gr 2008: Marriage Equality Activist Faces Down Opponent–And Wins. I have doing marriage equality work for a little while. I was Board President, I was speaking. Maybe it was 2008 ...
![“These White Gay Guys Are Coming To Take All Our Jobs.” Workplace Discrimination In The Mayor’s Office.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/James-Felton-Keith.jpg)
“These White Gay Guys Are Coming To Take All Our Jobs.” Workplace Discrimination In The Mayor’s Office.
My name is James Felton Keith. I’m from Detroit Michigan. I moved back home in 2014 to work for the newly elected mayor of Detroit. A few days before I was supposed to start wor...
![“You Have To Leave.” Facing Discrimination In A Hospital At The Height of the AIDS Crisis.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Doug-Rice.jpg)
“You Have To Leave.” Facing Discrimination In A Hospital At The Height of the AIDS Crisis.
I’m Doug Rice, I’m from Rochester, New York. Robert and I met in 1983 at a record store I was working at. He came in as a customer and I’d just gone to a Talking Heads conce...
![Man With Cerebral Palsy Recalls First Time At A Gay Bar](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Andrew-Morrison-Gurza.jpg)
Man With Cerebral Palsy Recalls First Time At A Gay Bar
My name is Andrew Morrison-Gurza, and I live in Richmond Hill, Ontario. I am going to tell the story of the first time that I went to a gay bar as somebody with a disability. I re...
![Teen Uses Eagle Scout Project To Help Gay Community.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Eric-Snyder2.jpg)
Teen Uses Eagle Scout Project To Help Gay Community.
I’m Eric Snyder, I’m from Averill Park, NY. I started out in the Cub Scouts program when I was five years old. Like, day 1 in Kindergarten I signed up. Then we went to the boy...