by Garry S.

I remember when I first came out. It was the only time. I was home visiting family for one holiday or another and I sat my mom down for the big “I’m gay” talk.  “I have t...

by Betty Flores-Sparks

My mother hates the word bisexual. I was told several times that being a lesbian was just as acceptable as being straight. But my mother refused to allow the thought of her daught...

by Michael D.

I remember coming out the “first” time at the age of 14 to my single mother. I left a note on her pillow just a few days after my 14th birthday. She wasn’t very accepting. I...

by Dustin Kight

If you’re interested in being in a Video Story, just let me know and we’ll set up a time and place to meet. Watch all the IFD Video Stories here. For the transcript, Contin...

by Beau Breedlove

While trying to muster up an interesting, inspiring, or just entertaining story to write about, nothing worthy came to mind. I had fleeting thoughts of this-or-that, and started a...

by Sarah A.

“Do you date girls?” she said with a carefully casual tone. And then my brain exploded. My mother is a master of denial, you see. She can explain away anything, unmatched in h...

by Kate W.

I came out once before I came out. My first coming out was in a beautiful white dress. I was paraded across a stage hanging on the right arm of a man in a tuxedo. A perfect symbol...

by Douglas Calhoun

My mother moved around a lot. She had little need for companionship beyond her two brothers Steve and Wayne. Wanda Jewell was an adamant girl with dark hair and a penchant for pla...

by Blair Bryant Nichols

If you’re interested in being in a Video Story, just let me know and we’ll set up a time and place to meet. Watch all the IFD Video Stories here. For the transcript, Contin...