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![Non-Binary Person Thrives After Finding Supportive Community. “I Feel Very Optimistic.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/070523hs.png)
Non-Binary Person Thrives After Finding Supportive Community. “I Feel Very Optimistic.”
Hi, I’m Vic. I’m from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. When I was younger, I felt like I knew I was different and my body was not mine. And the way I remembI started Googling, YouTubing, and I found that there are other people who also feel this way and that I’m not alone. Even though I had a lot of queer, lesbian and gay frien...
![“We Have An Obligation To Be Visible.” Lesbian Changes 6th Grader’s Life By Hanging Up a Pride Flag.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/021523hs.png)
“We Have An Obligation To Be Visible.” Lesbian Changes 6th Grader’s Life By Hanging Up a Pride Flag.
Hi, my name is Nicole Bashor and I’m originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I ended up going to college at the University of Pittsburgh, and it was quite a transition bA few years after that, I got married to a woman and we, after living in the city of Chicago for 20 years, were looking to buy a house. We originally moved to Evanston, which is t...
![Closeted Gay College Athlete Learns to Speak Up For Others Following Transformative Pride Experience. “It Makes You A Better Person.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/drequan.png)
Closeted Gay College Athlete Learns to Speak Up For Others Following Transformative Pride Experience. “It Makes You A Better Person.”
Hi, my name is Dre’Quan Reed. I was born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I grew up in an area where it was pretty much a lot of masculinity going around. I had to prese...
![Non-Binary Person Inspired to Explore Gender Identity and Leave Toxic Ex During COVID Lockdown. “I Had Finally Chosen Myself.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/taylor.png)
Non-Binary Person Inspired to Explore Gender Identity and Leave Toxic Ex During COVID Lockdown. “I Had Finally Chosen Myself.”
I’m Taylor McKenzi and I’m from Austin, Texas. When I was younger, I knew that I wasn’t like the other little girls around me. When we would play pretend I would often choos...
![Whoopi, The Prom Musical, & A Day With a Trans Trailblazer: How One Lifelong Activist Rediscovered the Meaning of Pride.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/120121banner.png)
Whoopi, The Prom Musical, & A Day With a Trans Trailblazer: How One Lifelong Activist Rediscovered the Meaning of Pride.
My name is Cathy Renna and I am from Queens, New York. I had the incredible privilege and exhausting responsibility of working with New York City Pride when we were the host city ...
![Black Gay Man Learns To “Love Myself And Love My Skin” After Being Racially Stereotyped Abroad.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MicahPetersonHeadshot.jpg)
Black Gay Man Learns To “Love Myself And Love My Skin” After Being Racially Stereotyped Abroad.
Hi, my name is Micah Peterson and I’m from Phoenix, Arizona. So, when I was 21, I was in college at Oberlin up in Ohio, which is the middle of nowhere. I had an opportunity to s...
![“He Helped Me Feel It Was Okay To Be Gay And Lutheran.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Rick-Stuckey.jpg)
“He Helped Me Feel It Was Okay To Be Gay And Lutheran.”
I’m Rick Stuckey from Chicago, Illinois. I’m Lutheran. I grew up Lutheran. I went to a Lutheran high school. And I always felt a little different. It was summer, it was June, ...
![Dancing In His Underwear for the Garbage Man, Noah Embraced Queerness and Sexuality Since Childhood](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Noah-Michelson.jpg)
Dancing In His Underwear for the Garbage Man, Noah Embraced Queerness and Sexuality Since Childhood
I’m Noah Michelson and I’m from Racine, Wisconsin, which is a good place to go home to now but not a great place to grow up if you’re queer and especially in the 80s. And I ...
![Satellite overhead image of Texas from Google Earth 2022](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Texas.png)
I’m From Houston, TX.
Looking back, I remember not always feeling “normal.” In elementary school I wasn’t very pretty, and I had a few good friends, which I still have today. As soon as I was in ...