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![A Lesson, Then a Plan: How a Sixth Grade Student Changed a Trans Teacher’s Life](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/052423hs.png)
A Lesson, Then a Plan: How a Sixth Grade Student Changed a Trans Teacher’s Life
I identified as a girl for most of my life, but in 5th grade I started getting a lot of anxiety around school. And it wasn’t until I realized that clothing and the way peoplI didn’t really have the courage to say anything or stand up for that student in that moment, which I still think about a lot. But what it did do was it kind of set an alarm off...
![Queer Teen Defies Principal And Starts LGBTQ Student Group. “‘No’ Makes No Sense to Me.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/030321HS.png)
Queer Teen Defies Principal And Starts LGBTQ Student Group. “‘No’ Makes No Sense to Me.”
My name is Grant Loveless and I’m from Austin, Texas. My story begins when I was 10 years old and I moved to Manor, Texas. At the age of 10, I was influenced a lot, especially b...
![Queer Professor Reflects On The Importance Of Strong Student-Teacher Bonds.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Thomas_Waugh_Headshot-1.jpg)
Queer Professor Reflects On The Importance Of Strong Student-Teacher Bonds.
I’m Tom Waugh and I’m from Guelph, Ontario. I’ve been teaching at Concordia University for many decades. It was really only in the 80s I started teaching curriculum related ...
![Gay College Student Confronts Bullies In School Newspaper Editorial.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PeterKraskHeadshot.jpg)
Gay College Student Confronts Bullies In School Newspaper Editorial.
My name is Peter M. Krask. I am from Frederick, Maryland. It was my junior year at a large state university and I lived on campus in sort of what was known as the, like, the party...
![Performance Teaching Artist Confronts Homophobia.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Karen-Anzoategui.jpg)
Performance Teaching Artist Confronts Homophobia.
My name is Karen Anzoategui and I’m from Huntington Park, California, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m a solo performer, writer, artivist, and actor. And I teach performance t...
![I’m From Washington, D.C. – Video Story.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ibada.jpg)
I’m From Washington, D.C. – Video Story.
If you’re 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, Contin...
![State Satellite overhead image from Google Earth 2022](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Illinois.png)
I’m From Shelbyville, IL.
Before moving to New York, I taught 10th grade English in a small central Illinois town. For three years I pushed Shakespeare and Harper Lee on classes of mostly disinterested 15 ...