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![Keeping Austin Weird: How One Queer Woman Learned to Let Her Freak Flag Fly.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/110823hs.png)
Keeping Austin Weird: How One Queer Woman Learned to Let Her Freak Flag Fly.
I’m Erica Nix. I’m from Arlington, Texas. Arlington, when I was growing up, was a pretty conservative place. It wasn’t really that cool to be different, and I al...
![Gay Aunt Becomes Queer Person’s Beacon of Hope Amid Homophobic Family](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/092123hs-jpg.webp)
Gay Aunt Becomes Queer Person’s Beacon of Hope Amid Homophobic Family
My name is Kirsten and I’m from Queens, New York. So when I was growing up, me and my aunt, my mother’s sister, were very close. There was an intensity to that closeAnd I had been suspecting at that point for years that she was, so I finally just asked her, “Are you queer?” I didn’t say, “Are you queer?” I was li...
![Cheers to That! How a Dusty Bottle of Champagne Came to Represent a Father’s Love for Queer Son.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/071923hs.png)
Cheers to That! How a Dusty Bottle of Champagne Came to Represent a Father’s Love for Queer Son.
So my name is Peter Pinto. I’m from Milford, Pennsylvania. I grew up in a very low income household. My parents were newlyweds, didn’t have a lot of money. We were oWe get to 2005, I’ve graduated. I have gone from being a performer to being a writer, and now I’m just a working fool in Manhattan doing theater when I can, how I want...
![Three Weddings and a Reconciliation: How One Trans Man’s Patience Helped Heal Family Wounds](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/041923hs.png)
Three Weddings and a Reconciliation: How One Trans Man’s Patience Helped Heal Family Wounds
Hi, my name is Connor Maddocks. I’m from San Diego, California. When I was say about 45 years old, this amazing thing called the Internet came out and I met some folks onlWe just kind of left it alone. And I would talk to them on the phone and conversations were just very like, “Hey, how are you? I’m fine. I’m fine. Okay, talk to you ...
![From “Utter Agony” to Love and Trust: A Father’s Journey of Acceptance Towards His Gay Son](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/031523hs.png)
From “Utter Agony” to Love and Trust: A Father’s Journey of Acceptance Towards His Gay Son
Hi, I’m James Palmer. I’m from Atlanta, Georgia. In my mid 20s, I reached out to a therapist because I was having some challenges with the relationship that I was in, My life continued for six years. So for many years, I had thought that it was paramount that I, before my dad died, that I would be able to sit with him and to have a conversation...
![Gay Man Grateful After Coming Out to Parents: “You Never Know How Long We’re Going To Be Around.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/022223hs.png)
Gay Man Grateful After Coming Out to Parents: “You Never Know How Long We’re Going To Be Around.”
My name is Edison and I’m from New York City. I grew up in a loving but extremely conservative household. My family, my parents were immigrants, are immigrants from Ecuador,And I said to him, “You’re right.” I don’t care what the truth is, what happens, what the outcome is, but you’re right. I need to tell my truth to th...
![Nick, a smiling Italian-american gay man sits for interview in polo shirt](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/120622hs.png)
Gay Man Reunites with Estranged Father After Seven Years. “It Takes Time But You Gotta Work at It.”
Hi, my name is Nick from Toms River, New Jersey. I was in my mid 20s living in New York City. I met a guy, I went home with him. We had a really wonderful night. We decided that wShe looked at him and she said, “If you ever talk to my nephew like that again, I will kill you. You will be out of this house. That is it.” And literally my uncle jus...