by Damien Butvick

I’m From Queens, NY.

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...

by Shawn

I’m From Oneonta, NY.

“Silly faggot, dicks are for chicks.” I remember reading the bumper sticker on my way to high school one day. I was a freshman at the time and I was keeping a part of myself h...

by Steve F.

I’m From Roslyn, NY.

I always knew. I never thought I would be a cliché, but dare I say it…yes, I knew from an early age that I was different. It was not going to happen to me! Along the way I expe...

by James Heffron

I’m From Buffalo, NY.

“But I love Katie Phillips, I can’t be gay.” This was the mantra with which I breathed nearly every breath since puberty. There is no doubt that I loved, and still love, Kat...

by Daniel Cohen

I’m From Oswego, NY – Video Story

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. So before I was working in Boston I wa...

by Will McGinn

I’m From Staten Island, NY – Video Story

Interested in being in a Video Story? Just let me know and we’ll set up a time and place to meet. I remember when I finally told my mom it took a lot of build-up to tell her. ...

by Deryck Todd

I’m From New York, NY.

I came out in the early 2000’s, though even now dating can be a bit of a slippery slope especially in the Big Apple. But I’ve learned it’s about having fun. Fortunately I ha...

by Jay Blotcher

I’m From New York, NY.

In the Manhattan dating scene, desperation often passes for bravery, thank God. In that case, call me courageous. I shopped for love and thought I’d found it with a friend.  Th...

by Dan

I’m From Oneonta, NY.

I met him through his boyfriend at the time.  It was mid-August, 2007 and he was 19 and I was 20.  I was “straight” and he had just come out to his mother and one of his sis...