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by Frank H.

I’m From Portland, OR.

Frank’s previous IFD story can be read here. – Life is like a book. My experience seems pretty typical for a gay man. My young years through college were miserable at times....

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by Bradford Shellhammer

I’m From Baltimore, MD.

In the summer of 1990 I discovered music. I had been collecting albums since 1983, the year I bought my first records, Cyndi Lauper and Culture Club. But in 1990 it all changed. I...

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by Michael Brown

I’m From Oakville, ON, Canada.

It was on a trip to London with some of my close friends from school. Just us drama kids in England for a week. When we first arrived we met our tour guide, Christian, who I right...

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by Dan Collier

I’m From New York, NY.

That night it happened, that night I had my gay epiphany, was a brutal, agonizing downer. I was an emotional wreck — disgusted, appalled, frightened. And all I’d done is admir...

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by Seth Goldstein

I’m From Silver Spring, MD.

Ring!Ring!Ring! I wake violently to the relentless ringing of my alarm clock. I stumble from my warm bed, only to find my toes greeted by a cold floor. “Seth…it’s time to go...

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by Robert Dominguez

I’m From Denver, CO.

Club Stars was the last of the 3.2 alcohol gay teen bars in 1990, located just west of lower downtown Denver in the railroad yard just off the old 20th Street viaduct. My friend K...

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by Blake Hayes

I’m From Madison, CT – Video Story.

I’m Blake. I’m from Madison, Connecticut, but I live in New York City. And I had read about people being assaulted for being gay, I think we’ve all been called names before,...

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by Douglas Calhoun

I’m From Columbia, SC.

My mother moved around a lot. She had little need for companionship beyond her two brothers Steve and Wayne. Wanda Jewell was an adamant girl with dark hair and a penchant for pla...

Satellite overhead image of North Carolina from Google Earth 2022

by Erv

I’m From Winston Salem, NC.

I was always confused about my sexuality. Sometimes I felt straight. Sometimes I felt gay. It would fluctuate like the seasons. I went to school, and got a great job. But I felt c...

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