by Chris L.

When I was 18, I was just starting to realize I was gay. I had always known I was different, but in truth I had never shown much interest in sex. Then one day when I was 17 a swit...

by Will McGinn

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, Continue Reading. ...

by Drew Tarr

To most junior high school kids, the sound of the last bell represented freedom. In my gallop home, I had five blocks to run, and four boys to outrun, in the heaviest of winter ap...

by Damien Butvick and Rafi Mittlefehldt

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, Continue Reading. ...

by Lee Clayton

So wow, I meet this guy on Facebook, the bane of gay dating. Actually, he meets me on FB. I have never met this guy before and he somehow finds me and adds me. I check out his pic...

by Hugh Ryan

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Hugh Ryan At this distance, it’s hard to know whether the comment on my mid-year report card – “Hugh is the best-loved child in the s...

by Bella Gambino

NOTE: Sylvia’s Place is an emergency night shelter and daytime community space for homeless LGBTQ youth, 16-24, in New York City. Every story this week will by someone from Sy...

by Tyrell Gorton

NOTE: Sylvia’s Place is an emergency night shelter and daytime community space for homeless LGBTQ youth, 16-24, in New York City. Every story this week will by someone from Sy...

by Damien Butvick

My boyfriend and I were just finishing our first full day of our week-long vacation in Maine. I had been there since Friday evening for a weekend with friends; he arrived Sunday n...