by Robbie Macaraeg

I’m Robbie Macaraeg from Bremerton, Washington. Being from Washington, the Seattle area, we have a lot of pride in our town. I even have a Seattle tattoo. I come from a family o...

by Carlos Padilla

My name is Carlos, Padilla, and I’m from Seattle, Washington. I was originally born in Guadalajara, Jadisco, Mexico, and I immigrated into the United States at the age of 2. For...

If I had the choice to go back and live life as a man or stay who I am today and die, I’d welcome death with open arms and kiss my little boy goodbye. I transitioned a long time...

by Hannah M. Bryan

I’ve always been an outcast, always been a freak. I’ve never been popular in my school. And I’ve always been taught that anything but straight is wrong. But a big part of me...

by Scott Smith

I started cautiously coming out in the late 70s, when I was still in high school. I left home about a year after graduating, supposedly to attend college but really just intending...

by Joshua Tad Rutan

My story begins at the age of 13. It was at that age that I knew, without a doubt, that I was gay. So my internal struggle wasn’t “Am I? or Am I not?,” but became, “who do...

by Eric Pitsenbarger

I remember walking home from Scott’s little house in the bright early morning feeling triumphant, jubilant! Finally I knew! I knew and was ecstatic! In my seventeen years of dou...

by Anastasia Polda

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure. If you haven’t submitted a story yet to IFD, or ifI’m Anastasia Polda, I’m from Sedro-Wooley, Washington but I live in Chicago now. But I’m teaching right now, and I’m watching – they were watching in class last week Pr...

by Mathias Oliver

I’m Ronny Oliver. I’m Mathias Oliver. I’m Reagan Oliver and we are the Oliver family from Spokane, Washington. (Mathias) Yes! (Reagan) We’ve been working really hard on he...