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![Story Update: Michael Anastasio on Grief, the Holidays, and the Healing Power of Laughter.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/su_ma_hs.png)
Story Update: Michael Anastasio on Grief, the Holidays, and the Healing Power of Laughter.
Nathan: Hello, welcome to this week’s Story Update. Today, we’re going to be speaking with Michael Anastasio who shared his story with us about four years ago. Before we spea...
![Best Friends Come Out To Each Other – At The Same Time.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/090419HS.jpg)
Best Friends Come Out To Each Other – At The Same Time.
Hi. I am Brian and I’m from Lexington, Kentucky. So kind of a very quiet, shy kid from a mid-sized town, decided that I really wanted to live in New York City. And I had a passi...
![From Kentucky Farm To Chicago Charm: One Trans Woman’s Whirlwind Journey.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GloriaAllenHeadshot.jpg)
From Kentucky Farm To Chicago Charm: One Trans Woman’s Whirlwind Journey.
“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 countGrowing Up On A Farm In Kentucky: “I Didn’t Know Anything About Being Different.” I was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We lived on a farm and we all lived together. It wasLate 1950’s: “If It Wasn’t For These Women, I Wouldn’t Be Here Today.” It was the late fifties when we got to Chicago. These amazing women, the three women – my motherSexual Assault in the Early 1960’s: “Why Did I Have To Be Treated Like That?” I went to high school here. Englewood High School, I remember going to Englewood. In 1962, I reAfter Friend’s Murder, “I Became Aware And Scared For Myself.” In 1962, I remember, I had dropped out of high school but I went back to finish it up. So I graduated in 1965.Leaving An Abusive Relationship In The Late 1970’s: “I Got Smart. And I Got Tired.” In the late seventies, I’d say ‘76 or ‘77, I had been single since 1967 up until thFounding A Charm School In The 2010’s: “Social Graces Carry You A Long Way.” Since I’ve gotten older, my life has changed a lot. At the age of 67, I was still in the commu“Life Is Beautiful. And For Me, It Has Been Quite A Whirlwind.” Today, my life has really changed for me. Although I’m 72 years old, it’s never too late. I feel good about...
![“Your Son Is Being Seen Around Town With Known Homosexuals.” Gay Life From The Sixties To Today.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MIchael_Anastasio_Headshot_WP_2.jpg)
“Your Son Is Being Seen Around Town With Known Homosexuals.” Gay Life From The Sixties To Today.
“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 count...
![“If You Can’t Be Your True Self [At Work], Maybe That’s Not The Right Employer.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Michael-Cox-1.jpg)
“If You Can’t Be Your True Self [At Work], Maybe That’s Not The Right Employer.”
I’m Michael Cox, I’m from Harlan, Kentucky. So one time, I was on a flight sitting next to a person who was clearly a businessman, dressed in a suit, salt and pepper hair, muc...
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I’m From Richmond, KY.
I didn’t think monogamy was possible. I’ve been engaged twice to men who never had a chance. Since middle school, I dated guys. I loved the attention and reveled in the stares...
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I’m From Glasgow, KY.
I’m staring into the laundry basket wishing there were more clothes to fold. You’re in the living room with your feet on the ottoman, watching a documentary. You don’t know ...
![I’m From Glasgow, KY – Video Story.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/jim-gray.jpg)
I’m From Glasgow, KY – Video Story.
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or ifI’m Jim Gray and I am originally from a small town in southern Kentucky called Glasgow. I had run for Mayor of Lexington in 2002 and didn’t succeed in that race, was narrowly ...
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I’m From Haymond, KY.
“May I go outside in the yard?” I asked, interrupting the conversation. “Sure,” said the man. “Make yourself at home.” It’s been nearly forty years, I thought. Is th...