This time of year always floods my mind with memories of my youth. As summer ends it is traditionally when kids start getting ready to go back to school. The days start to get shorter and the temperatures slowly become more mild. It is during this time that I feel both less older than I … Continue reading Summertime Memories
The Process of Fitting In.
Each one of us, who stand out, have heard it time and again, in one form or fashion. "Why don't you just try to fit in? It would be so much easier." It's like we, ourselves, have never come to this conclusion. Sometimes our differences are so obvious that we cannot just fit in. Other … Continue reading The Process of Fitting In.
Birthday Reflections
I was born at roughly 12:20 pm on Monday, August 13th, 1973.
What Is A “Normal” Gay?
Ok, ok, before you start into me this picture does not represent my personal viewpoints in any way! We have all heard people say this before and I cannot tell you how much using "normal" really irritates me. Its a term that has become thrown around a lot more recently. I have seen it as … Continue reading What Is A “Normal” Gay?
Your Gay Manual
Wouldn't it be great if we were given a manual when we came to terms with being LGBTQ? https://youtu.be/0IwFdmQaNDY
The Need For Intersectionality
Intersectionality is defined as “the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.” It can relate to a large scale, as in how all peoples of the world who share systematic prejudice. … Continue reading The Need For Intersectionality
Why Sex Ed Needs To Include LGBTQ Issues
Would it shock you to find out that only four states have laws that require sex ed classes to be inclusive of LGBTQ issues and 12 states require that sexual orientation be a topic in sexual education classes? Not when the statistics show that 39 states and the District of Columbia require sex education and/or … Continue reading Why Sex Ed Needs To Include LGBTQ Issues
Why Do We Need To Label Sexuality?
Why do we, as humans, feel the need to label everything that we interact with? Labels define a thing which creates a box for it to live in, the box gives us boundaries of what something is or is not. The boundaries offer us a safe place to navigate and to stay away from the … Continue reading Why Do We Need To Label Sexuality?
How Do I Deal With My Body Hair?
Since today is Friday and Corona still has us all on lock down, I thought I would take a lighter approach today. This is a topic that always causes me some distress, whether it is how I deal with it personally or how I see others deal. So, let us take a look at a … Continue reading How Do I Deal With My Body Hair?
How Do We Get Back To Normal After Covid-19
We have seen a lot of changes over the last couple of months. We have watched the coronavirus, effectively, shut down most of the world and bring the country's economies to a screeching halt. Getting back to normal seems like something that may be in a galaxy far, far away. Slowly, we are watching our … Continue reading How Do We Get Back To Normal After Covid-19
Gay in the CLE 