by Roselle I.

I’m From New York, NY.

NOTE: This story was originally published on July 23, 2010, but is relevant to the Thanksgiving holidays so I wanted to share it again. It has a nice message, too: Stick to your g...

by Justin Hart

I’m From Harlem, NY.

I remember this day so clearly: My oldest daughter, Isabelle, begged Trevor and I to allow her to have her friends over for dinner and sleep over to celebrate the end of her baske...

by Bevan Dufty

I’m From New York, NY – 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 and learn more about Bevan and our trip to San FrancI’m Bevan Dufty. I was born and raised in New York City. Now I’m a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and I have the privilege of serving the seat that was once ...

by Dwayne Jenkins

I’m From New York, NY – Video Story.

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. We met Dwayne in Nashville; he does amazing work with many organizations, one in particular being Nashvile CARES, Hi, I’m Dwayne Jenkins, originally from New York but now residing in Nashville, Tennessee. As a young person who had a child at a very young age, not biological, but sort of a s...

I’m From New York, NY.

Gay. I’ve considered this word throughout my life, trying to find the place for it and the meaning of it, to me. Growing up in San Francisco, where the Gay Parade was as synonym...

by Mitch

I’m From New York, NY – Video Story.

I’m Mitch and I’m from New York City, and I’ve lived here for 40 years now. And for years, and I think not unusual for someone of my generation, there was an enormous amount...

by Peter

I’m From New York, NY – Video Story.

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 Alan Silverman

I’m From New York, NY.

I went to graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin. Graduated in 1980. Since then, I have maintained contact with some of my classmates who became good friends and we ...

by Dan Collier

I’m From New York, NY.

That night it happened, that night I had my gay epiphany, was a brutal, agonizing downer. I was an emotional wreck — disgusted, appalled, frightened. And all I’d done is admir...