by James Heffron

“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

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

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 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

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 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...

by Jason Brantley

I lived above the bodega on 9th avenue at 51st street, the one with the twinkle light sign and the bulletproof glass — a remnant of the days when Hell’s Kitchen was a tough ne...

by Ray Parisi

Ben and I jumped into the back seat of a taxi feeling the affects of the night’s drinking.  I blurted out our final destination to the driver and a drunken make-out session unf...

by Dave Mittlefehldt

I’m not gay, but my younger son is. You may have read his story; he’s from Clear Lake, TX. I was clueless of my son’s sexual orientation until he revealed it. Rafi came out...