by Aaron Dominguez

It wasn’t until I was 19 that I came out to myself. It’s amazing how difficult just saying those three little words can be, even to oneself. Upon saying them, it is as if imme...

by Timothy Boice

I grew up in the Sacramento area of California for most of my life. I grew up in a staunch Mormon household where we were taught morality from an early age. I was like most other ...

by Patrick Hanley

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. My name is Patrick Hanley and I’m fr...

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...

by Nathan Manske

FEATURED ARTIST – Nick Manske STORY by Nathan Manske I guess I always knew, but it wasn’t until my late teens that I really came to terms with it: I had special powers. It was...

by New Town

While I was on a school bus on the way back to school from a field trip, I heard some people call others “homos” and “gay.” After not being able to stand this for half an ...

by JD

Maybe you’ll be reading this, but probably not. I still remember what you were wearing when we first met. We were at a party and a mutual friend wanted us to meet. You walked up...

by Theodore D.

It was my second year of college, and I had fallen hard for my fraternity brother. By this time, everyone at school knew I was gay and it wasn’t an issue. Sure there were some g...

by Rafi Mittlefehldt

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Rafi Mittlefehldt I’m 5 years old and surrounded by hundreds of kids my age, all of us soaked with chlorine water and dopamine and sunsh...