How did IFD go from an idea to a reality?
It was pretty quick. The day after I thought of it, I was laid off from my job, so I suddenly had the time to do it. Also that day, I went home to Austin for Christmas. I was there for about a week, talking to people about my idea, getting their feedback. Once I figured out it was going to be a blog, I thought, I could do this right now. That was the middle of January. I wrote a really long e-mail to everyone I knew who was gay and close enough to me that I could hound them to write for it. But the idea of true stories from gay people all over the world was the first thing I thought of. So the heart of it I saw that morning, and it’s exactly the same now. What do you hope IFD accomplishes? Who is the site written for? Primarily, it’s written for gay teenagers who are struggling to come to terms with who they are. I want them to know they’re not the only ones. Even in today’s society, where it seems so much easier, it’s still hard for kids out there. If they read these stories, they can
