by Nikki Olsen

I’m From Spring, TX.

I once read that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand and the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is...

by Rebecca

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 ...

by Keith Uhls

“She Said, ‘I Feel Like I’m Married To My Brother.’”

On a second date, pilot Keith Uhls enjoys taking other guys up for a flight on an airplane he built himself. While he enjoys the comfort and openness of being gay now, Keith used ...

by Chris Richey

24-Year-Old Remembers His HIV Positive Diagnosis and the Hateful Words That Followed

Soon after 24-year-old Chris Richey found out he was HIV positive, he had an unfortunate incident in his own home with a friend of his roommate’s: This guy says something about ...

by Francis Scott

I’m From Houston, TX.

I grew up in a very strict, religious and physically abusive home environment where mistakes were severely punished and there was no room for self expression. Most of my life up u...

by Rebecca Allen

I’m From Dallas, TX.

I was raised Southern Baptist, like so many other Southerners. One thing was made very clear in my religious education: homosexuality was a one-way ticket to Hell. So you can imag...

by Siobhan Fitzpatrick

I’m From Keene, TX.

I consider myself a female-assigned genderqueer pansexual. Though I am open to dating a person of any gender or gender variant, I’ve only had experience with cismen and ciswomen...

by Matt Radcliffe

I’m From Spring, TX.

NOTE: Matt has written two IFD stories before. You should read both incredibly powerful and emotional stories here and here before reading his newest one below. It’s so exci...

by Robert Gonzalez

I’m From Cactus, TX.

I realized I was gay at a young age. I would always love for my best friend to stay over. The years passed and I would hear that being gay was wrong. I would hear it left and righ...