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![Closeted Gay Athlete In Small Town Finds Hope in Will & Grace. “That Show Saved My Life.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/brandon.png)
Closeted Gay Athlete In Small Town Finds Hope in Will & Grace. “That Show Saved My Life.”
My name is Brandon Hines. I’m from Dublin, Georgia. When I was about, I would say 10 or so years old, I was very masculine, very into sports. I was the typical boy. I had a cous...
![K-Pop Band BTS Helps Trans Man Break Free of Gender Expectations. “I Didn’t Have to Fit into this Trans Box of What a Trans Man Should Be.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/kieran.png)
K-Pop Band BTS Helps Trans Man Break Free of Gender Expectations. “I Didn’t Have to Fit into this Trans Box of What a Trans Man Should Be.”
My name is Kieran and I’m from Amarillo, Texas. It was 2016 and I was around 29 years old, and I’d been transitioning for about a year and a half at the time. Before I came ou...
![Story Update: Antonio Cerna Discusses Family, Gender Expectations & The Arc of Progress In The LGBTQ Movement.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072220.jpg)
Story Update: Antonio Cerna Discusses Family, Gender Expectations & The Arc of Progress In The LGBTQ Movement.
Nathan: Welcome to this week’s Story Update. This week is especially special because we’re speaking with the second storyteller ever on I’m From Driftwood, Antonio. So firs...
![Gay Man Finds Confidence And Sheds His Toxic Masculinity On The Theater Stage. “For Once, You’re Seeing The Real Me.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/051320HS.jpg)
Gay Man Finds Confidence And Sheds His Toxic Masculinity On The Theater Stage. “For Once, You’re Seeing The Real Me.”
My name is Jack. I’m from Chicago, Illinois. So I came out of the closet when I was about 15 years old. I come from a very masculine, sportsy middle class suburban background, a...
![“Being Masculine Is Preferred.” The Pressures of Acting Masculine in the Gay Community.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Daniel-Bahner.jpg)
“Being Masculine Is Preferred.” The Pressures of Acting Masculine in the Gay Community.
I’m Daniel Bahner, I’m from Cincinnati, Ohio. When I was three years old, I was obsessed with the Wizard of Oz. It was my favorite movie. Dorothy was my favorite character, an...
![Google Earth Satellite Image of Nuevo Leon Mexico](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-12.14.11-PM.png)
I’m From San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
The changes in life that we notice the most are the bold ones. Subtlety comes so easily to the secret-holders; we live in silence, and we barely hear our own echoes. But silence c...