Results for "Self-discovery"
![Love & Loss in Russia: How One Queer Person Drew a Valuable Lesson from Their Teenage Heartbreak.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/100323hs-jpg.webp)
Love & Loss in Russia: How One Queer Person Drew a Valuable Lesson from Their Teenage Heartbreak.
My name is Irina Groushevaia and I’m from Moscow, Russia. When I was 16 years old, I was living with my estranged father because my mom abandoned me, and it was a difficulSt. Petersburg is on water so in the winter, it’s very very cold because it’s also very humid. And I was like, I can’t keep walking around and I just went to the airport to ...
![Black, Lenape (Two-Spirit) Trans man, Darius, sits for interview. They are smiling and wearing a Phillies hat. They have a dark shirt on and wearing glasses.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/010423hs.png)
How One Trans Couple Found Love During the Pandemic. “Don’t Be Afraid to Love and to Let It In.”
I am Darius McLean and I’m from Newfield, New Jersey. About seven years ago I was working at the Mazzoni Center and the CHOP Gender Clinic. When I was working at Mazzoni CSo about six years later I was working at Einstein Hospital and just a little bit before that, Celena was made the executive director of the Office of LGBT Affairs, but she had be...
![Kicked Out By His Mom, Queer High School Student Uses Newfound “Alone Time” To Explore His Sexuality.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/111319.jpg)
Kicked Out By His Mom, Queer High School Student Uses Newfound “Alone Time” To Explore His Sexuality.
My name is Darren Mallett. I am from East Flatbush, Brooklyn. My mother and I moved from Brooklyn to Tampa, Florida to escape New York. We lived in a one bedroom apartment, so I c...
![Transgender Man Has Life-Changing Epiphany Reading College Syllabus: “There Really Is A Place For People Like Me In Society.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Brandon-Beck.jpg)
Transgender Man Has Life-Changing Epiphany Reading College Syllabus: “There Really Is A Place For People Like Me In Society.”
I’m Brandon Beck and I’m from San Marcos, Texas. When I was a small child I was very happy. I thought of myself as a boy when I was little and no adults ever questioned that w...
![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 ...
![Google Earth Satellite Image of UK](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-12.18.15-PM.png)
I’m From Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
The words of my mother stayed with me for a long time. “I don’t want a bent son” she had said when I was twelve years old. She wasn’t referring to me, much to my relief at...
![Canada Satellite overhead image from Google Earth 2022](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/canada.png)
I’m From Cedar, BC, Canada.
Last fall, I discovered that I am sexually attracted to women. Let me tell you, it came as a bit of a shock to me. I am 28 years old. I have been serious about dating men since I ...
![We’re From Bloomington, IN – Video Story](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/julia-and-melissa.jpg)
We’re From Bloomington, IN – Video Story
Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can read about the adventure we had and some of the stories we collected. If you hav...
![Google Earth Satellite Image of UK](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-12.18.15-PM.png)
I’m From Lewes, East Sussex, UK.
It was one of those endless, sunny afternoons that disappear when you get older. I was nine years old and on the cusp, not of adolescence, but of being able to play in the ‘Big ...