by Zack Rosen

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. Today’s storyteller is Zack Rosen, the free spiritMy name is Zack Rosen. I come from Chicago, Illinois. I do of all things want to start out by showing you guys this tattoo. A lot of people see this pretty much every day. Most pe...

by Tre Gibbs

Hi. My name is Carlton, but my grandmother decided when I was born that since I was “the third,” she was going to call me Tré. I was always grateful for that, even though we ...

by Chris Allen Mason

I grew into a young man in the upper/middle class suburb of Houston, Texas known as Clear Lake City. Home of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. My dad scored an amazing job with a NAS...

by Ibada

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...

by Stewart Adams

I grew up in the church-going 70’s in a very Pentecostal family. Our church’s dos and don’ts were really all don’ts. So strict was the church that we didn’t even have a ...

by Andrew Borin

I’m Andrew Borin and I’m from Los Angeles, California. So growing up in Los Angeles, it’s obviously a pretty big city and I am fortunate enough that I never had to deal with...

by Javon Morris-Byam

Even as a little boy, I knew I was different. I walked around my house in my mother’s heels at age 6. I had my first crush on a boy at age 7. Then when I was 8, I changed school...

by Shawn

“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 Michelle P.

I grew up in the South – with the conservative attitudes that entails. My parents had divorced, and my father had killed himself when I was 12. Despite the instability I grew up...