by Tom

I’m From Fishkill, NY.

I was born in the 1950’s when Fishkill was a very quiet village of no more than a few hundred people. It was a beautiful place to grow up and I often wandered into the woods aro...

by Travis Warby

I’m From Orange, VA.

When I came out it was like a bomb had gone off in my town. I was 14 and the only openly gay person in my entire high school. I did it very suddenly, basically I just got tired of...

by Kenneth Rainer

I’m From Cut and Shoot, TX.

I attended a small Baptist church and a somewhat small high school. I have lesbian grandparents, which I believe assisted in this stigma against homosexuality in my household. I b...

by Wendell Mayes IV

I’m From Austin, TX.

I don’t remember the details. I remember the location, the circumstances, the friends that were beside me and the strangers that helped them defend me, the way he made me feel, ...

by Daniel Strohmeier

I’m From Lakeport, CA – Featured Artist

Story and art by Daniel Strohmeier My father was a used car salesman by day, and by night and weekend he was a lousy, yet enthusiastic, do-it-yourself home repair man. There is a...

by Luke M.

I’m From Florence, SC.

When I was born, you, in your arrogance, chose to saddle me with your name. A seventeen-year-old boy making the assumption that he had done something worthy of having his name car...

I’m From Massachusetts

I am an 18-year-old gay teenager. Combine that with the fact that I have severe ADD and acne, and am a uncoordinated nerd, and you have a typical high school outcast. The funny th...

by Ace T.

I’m From Middlesex County, NJ.

Secretly, I called him Ass. Now I know what you’re thinking: Why would you call someone that? Let me explain… History class 2009 was extremely boring. The students didn’t ca...

by Joshua Schwab

I’m From Grand Forks, ND.

I guess I always thought of my life as one long story. The first person to know I was gay was my grandma, and by first I mean she knew before me. For the most part I didn’t seem...