by A.Y.M. Kong

I’m From Sherborne, Dorset, England.

“We shape our dwellings and afterwards our dwellings shape us.” Winston Churchill. Yeah, I know it’s a poncy public schoolboy thing to do to quote Winston Churchill, but it ...

by Jeremy Smith

I’m From Newark, DE – Featured Artist

FEATURED ARTIST – Frank-Joseph Frelier STORY by Jeremy Smith I was in 10th grade then. The sort of sissy kid that all the kids had made fun of in middle school had given way to ...

by Phil

I’m From Phoenix, AZ.

To give a little context…the year was 1975, I was 21 years old and had been married less than a year. It was four years before I would come across an article in the Chicago Trib...

by Bob R.

I’m From South Bend, IN.

It was the fifties, I was in my 20’s and gay bars were scary. You always had to worry that the guy you were trying to pick up might be a cop. But there were other places to pick...

by J.D. Moss

I’m From Belton, TX.

Gravity slams my shoulder into the rusting frame of the bus seat. The silent impact spins my body sideways, gravity finishing its job, pulling me to the hard rubber aisle–my bac...

by Saeed Jones

I’m From Memphis, TN – Video Story

I finally came out to my mom my freshman year of college and that did make me really nervous because you’re like “I think she would be cool but what if she isn’t?” If she ...

by Aaron Akins

I’m From Troy, OH – Featured Artist

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Aaron Akins 1980. I was born at Stouder Memorial Hospital in Troy, Ohio, on April 24, 1980. My parents were 24 and 26 years old, I believeSoaking up the beauty of a late summer morning at Sprague Lake was more than enough compensation. Discovering the stash of hundreds of old Playboy magazines in our cabin was a sho...

I’m From Cava dei Tirreni, Salerno, Italy.

I’ve never told my whole family that I was gay. But when I met my first boyfriend, probably the only one that I’ve loved (so far), I was completely happy. I called my sister t...

by Pierre le Roux

I’m From Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Same-sex marriage became legal in South Africa on 30 November 2006 when the Civil Unions Bill was enacted after having been passed by the SA Parliament earlier that month. South A...