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![Agender Person Goes From Being Bullied In The Newark Projects To Gracing The Cover of French Vogue](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Andre-J.jpg)
Agender Person Goes From Being Bullied In The Newark Projects To Gracing The Cover of French Vogue
I’m Andre J., I’m from Newark, New Jersey. I remember this one particular time growing up in the projects that I was coming home from school and a 20-year-old looked at me and...
![IFD Archives: “Heterosexual, Transgender, Lesbian” Provides Hope to Young People.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amanda1.jpg)
IFD Archives: “Heterosexual, Transgender, Lesbian” Provides Hope to Young People.
My name is Amanda and I’m from Cazenovia, New York, small little town outside Syracuse, New York. When I first came to SAGE, which is an organization for elder LGBT, when I was ...
![“I’ll Be Damned If I’m Going To Be Buried A Girl.” Gender Transition Gives HIV+ Trans Man Reason To Live](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Teo-Drake1.jpg)
“I’ll Be Damned If I’m Going To Be Buried A Girl.” Gender Transition Gives HIV+ Trans Man Reason To Live
My name is Teo Drake, I actually grew up in Connecticut, near New Haven. The story basically is this intersection or this way of looking at my struggle around gender identity and ...
![After Struggling With Homelessness, Angela Makes a Better Life For Herself.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Angela-Louis2.jpg)
After Struggling With Homelessness, Angela Makes a Better Life For Herself.
My name is Angela Louis, I’m from Brooklyn, NY. Ever since I was born I knew something was different. I knew I was born in the wrong body. Wanting to have a boyfriend and wantin...
![State Satellite overhead image from Google Earth 2022](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ohio.png)
I’m From Rootstown, OH.
Bags are packed. Rejected by peers and family members. I take a deep breath as I go through the security line at the airport. At first the obvious questions begin to race through ...
![Google Earth Satellite Image of UK](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-12.18.15-PM.png)
I’m From Bristol, England, UK.
As I sat on my bed gazing at the television screen watching BBC Parliament for the first time, it occurred to me that I will always remember this day, February 5, 2013, for this w...
![Google Earth Satellite Image of New SOuth Wales](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-12.33.34-PM.png)
I’m From Sydney, Australia.
I’ve always known that I was gay. Well before I had even heard the word, or knew its full implications. I never believed it to be wrong, how could love be so? But growing up in ...
![Satellite overhead image of Pennsylvania from Google Earth 2022](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pennsylvania.png)
I’m From Downingtown, PA.
Strip away the flesh and bone Look beyond the lies you’ve known Everybody wants to talk about a freak No one want to dig that deep Let me take you underneath – Adam Lambert �...
![I’m From Toledo, OH – Video Story.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/noran.jpg)
I’m From Toledo, OH – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can read about the adventure we had and some of the stories we collected. If you hav...