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![Queer Teen Comes Out After Dad Walks in on Him and His Boyfriend Making Out.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/010324hs-jpg.webp)
Queer Teen Comes Out After Dad Walks in on Him and His Boyfriend Making Out.
I’m Andrew Gryniewicz and I’m from Seattle, Washington. In 2013, I had a girlfriend and we had been dating for about a year and a half. And I had always felt that maI just said, “I’m dating Luke.” And they were like, “But what about your girlfriend? We’ve known for a long time, but obviously, you were dating yo...
![Story Update: Mathias Oliver —“I Learned To Become What I Want To See In The World.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MOHS2.jpg)
Story Update: Mathias Oliver —“I Learned To Become What I Want To See In The World.”
Nathan: All right. Welcome to this week’s story update. This week, we are speaking with Mathias Oliver, who we filmed and Spokane, Washington all the way back in – it was th...
![First Graders Rush To The Defense of Mom’s Trans Daughter: “These Kids Are Incredible. We’re Gonna Be Okay.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MarcellaAndrewsHeadshot.jpg)
First Graders Rush To The Defense of Mom’s Trans Daughter: “These Kids Are Incredible. We’re Gonna Be Okay.”
I am Marcella Andrews and I am from Madison, Wisconsin. I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin and went to high school there. I have a distinct memory in high school of being in the ha...
![“This Is What I Have To Do To Fit In.” Bisexual Woman Goes To Great Lengths For Acceptance.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/AmeliaMeigsHeadshot.jpg)
“This Is What I Have To Do To Fit In.” Bisexual Woman Goes To Great Lengths For Acceptance.
So I’m Amelia Meigs. I’m from Issaquah – the Seattle area of Washington. I was in grad school. I had just transferred to a new school in Saint Louis and I had never really b...
![“I Was Actually Being Honest With Myself For The First Time.” Gay Man Comes Out To Wife And Kids.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MarkusBoosHeadshot.jpg)
“I Was Actually Being Honest With Myself For The First Time.” Gay Man Comes Out To Wife And Kids.
My name is Markus Boos and I am from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. I had been married to a woman for 10 years and we had twin boys and a dog. When we first came to Seattle, during t...
![“Are The Cats Gay, Too?” Queer Woman Comes Out To Mother With A Little Help From Her Feline Friends.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ShoBarksdaleHeadshot.jpg)
“Are The Cats Gay, Too?” Queer Woman Comes Out To Mother With A Little Help From Her Feline Friends.
My name is Sho Barksdale. I am from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Animals have always been a big part of my family’s life. Growing up, I’ve had cats, dogs, hamsters, rats, snapping ...
![“Try To Own The Narrative.” Gay Man’s Long Path To Healing After Statutory Rape By His Mentor.](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/091918Headshot.jpg)
“Try To Own The Narrative.” Gay Man’s Long Path To Healing After Statutory Rape By His Mentor.
I’m Ben. I’m from Seattle, Washington. I knew I was gay from about the age of 12 or so and by the time I was 17, I was getting ready to come out. So, there was an AIDS service...
![“I’ve Been Helped By So Many People On My Journey To Womanhood.”](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/StefanieClarkHeadshor.jpg)
“I’ve Been Helped By So Many People On My Journey To Womanhood.”
“What Was It Like? Stories by LGBTQ Elders” is a new program by I’m From Driftwood, in partnership with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable provider, and SAGE, the countDressing Up In Mother’s Clothes As A Child: “I Knew I Could Be The Woman That I Wanted To Be.” I was born in 1943. I was the younger son in a Catholic family – I had an ol1950’s: “I Had To Be The Man Of The Family… And I Think I’m A Girl.” I ended up going to the seminary, as something a good catholic boy always does, especially the secon1960’s: Coming Out To Wife “Left An Elephant In The Room For The Next 44 Years.” So it’s June 1966. I’m just finishing up college at Seattle University. I just got my fi1980’s: Dominatrix Inspires Trans Woman To Become Comfortable In Her Own Skin. It was August 1989. I got a call out of the blue – a search firm wanted me to come to Chicago anAfter Wife’s Death in 2012, Trans Woman Seizes Opportunity To Come Out To Family. I can remember July 20, 2012 like it was yesterday. My wife had been sick with cancer for over Trans Woman’s Life Changed After Finding A Mentor. I needed acceptance as a human being. Not male, not female, not trans. I just needed acceptance and a friend that could guide “I’ve Been Helped By So Many People On My Journey To Womanhood.” Looking back at all those people that have helped me get to where I am today, I’m just so thankful for whaTrans Woman Finds Companionship Late In Life. “I laugh harder now than I have in twenty years.” I had lived with a woman for 44 years and then had to live alone for six. And t...
![After Hiring Musician, Church Removes His Piano From Pulpit Because He’s Gay](https://imfromdriftwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/David-Raleigh.jpg)
After Hiring Musician, Church Removes His Piano From Pulpit Because He’s Gay
Hi, my name is David Raleigh and I’m from Seattle, Washington, where I grew up in a very unique situation. My mom was a very religious woman, and she, when I was 4 years old, sh...