by Robert Richards

“What Was It Like? Stories by LGBTQ Elders” is a new program by I’m From Driftwood, in partnership with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable provider, and SAGE, the countIn a small town, you know everyone in your neighborhood. I mean, you know everyone that comes and goings and everything because you see them. And I used to see this boy and he looIn a small town, the drug store, the one in my neighborhood, was called Tilly’s, was like a bar. Gentlemen would go there in the evening and sit and smoke and talk to one anotheWhen I finally got to high school, and by that I mean out of the clutches of catholic school, I was very happy because I was in a big school. It was a consolidated school that chiIn my mid 20s, I had pretty well settled into a comfortable career drawing fashion in New York. And I was very happy. This was a period when fashion was very of-the-moment in New The greatest gift, the greatest moment in my life is that I met the love of my life when I was nearly 50. And it was a very strange experience. I had had Thanksgiving dinner with ...

by T.J. Mannix

My name is T.J. Mannix, I’m from Boca Raton, Florida. I realized once I had an inkling that I was gay, I realized that if I won awards and if I got trophies and if I got honors ...

by Lester Mayers

Hi, my name is Lester Mayers and I’m from Brooklyn, New York. When I was 3 years old I lost my mom to complications of AIDS. And my father left me and I went to go live with my ...

by Florin Helf

I’m Florin Helf and I’m from Bucharest, Romania. I was born in a Romanian hospital, my mother gave birth to me, falsified her identification, and fled the hospital. She left m...

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...

by Cameron Stiehl

My name is Cameron Stiehl and I’m from Albuquerque, New Mexico. I’ll never forget the day that I found out that there was a difference. I was at a drama festival in Albuquerqu...

by Alexa Espinal

My name’s Alexa Espinal and I’m from New York City. I recently came to Mississippi about four months ago to teach. I’m teaching middle school art, so I teach 6th, 7th, and 8...

by Daniel Student

My name is Daniel Student, I’m originally from Baltimore, Maryland. I was in school one day and I got pulled out of class and they didn’t tell me why. And I went out to the fr...

by Crystal Cheatham

My name is Crystal Cheatham and I’m from Cochranville, Pennsylvania. I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian community which is Seventh-day Adventism. And if you know anything a...