Identity
Next Year Is Tomorrow
Five years ago, on New Year’s Eve, I was living in Brooklyn but had been home in Pennsylvania for Christmas and though I don’t remember why or how, I guess I returned early. I went to Astoria to celebrate. It was my first New Year in the city. It was my first away from family. It was my first that I ever went out, instead of sat in basements eating wings and playing games and drinking weird old beer and watching the real grown-ups celebrate and kiss each other and hug their families. It was sadder than I expected.
By Tina Wargo4 years ago in Pride
Documentary Review: 'Little Girl'
Little Girl is a heart-rending documentary about the struggles of a little girl who was born a boy. Sasha was born a boy but by a very early age, she began to express to her mother that she was really a boy. Sasha’s parents, at first, dismissed their child’s gender questions but, eventually, they were forced to come around. Now, they are tangling with schools, and bullies and Russian ballet coaches who keep working to make Sasha’s life far more difficult than it should be.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Pride
Embers of the Past
As with many stories, this one ends around a roaring fire; flames kissing the stars as the past is razed to the ground. And it all began with discontent... A creature of wanderlust who dared to long for more than what their corner of the world had to offer. After reading so many adventures, a voice in the back of his mind wondered why he couldn't have an adventure too.
By Lucas Chambers4 years ago in Pride
Girls Rule, Boys Drool
“When I grow up, I’m gonna marry Justin Bieber!” “No fair! I want Justin!” “You already have Zayn!” I sat quietly on the soccer field as my friends talked over one another. This was a daily occurrence. We’d get our lunches, find the shady spot under the big tree, and talk about boys until lunchtime was up. I’d rather practice my jump-roping, but I guess in fourth grade you don’t jump rope anymore. Instead, you talk about boys.
By Elodie Hollant4 years ago in Pride
A Woman's Journey to Self Discovery
It seems we have made it to the end of this story, but the journey is far from over, I am still discovering things about myself and that is what it is all about, learning new secrets about your personality that you didn’t know were there. I figured out a lot about myself from simply looking inside while I was writing about this journey, there were things that hadn’t thought about until I started writing about where I came from to where I am now. We talked about how I thought for a long time that I was straight only to figure out that I like both men and women only again to figure out that it was more than that and learn that I like a person’s personality more than gender or sex. I even touched on possibly being polyamorous which is having the ability to have romantic feelings for more than one person, this is something that I think about sometimes. This last part will be about where I go from here and how learning all of this has shaped me into the person that I am today; learning about myself is something I take truly do seriously.
By Brittney Mckinney4 years ago in Pride
A Woman's Journey to Self Discovery
I see you made it this far, great for you, now let’s keep going on my journey of self-discovery; when we last spoke, we talked about me figuring out I was bisexual and all that entailed, and now we are going talk about me realizing that gender doesn’t do it for me. On my road to learning about my bisexuality, I also learned about pansexuality which is not being attracted to a person based on their gender but being attracted to their personality instead. Speaking honestly, when I discovered that you could be attracted to a person’s personality and not just their gender or sex I felt the same way I did when I realized that you could like both sexes. Me realizing that I was more attracted to a person’s personality was not that big of a surprise to me, I have always said that I like people who like me and whether that is a man, a woman, or someone in between, that is ok with me.
By Brittney Mckinney4 years ago in Pride
Chakra Confessions
The sacral chakra, also referred to as Svadhishthana, is the ‘I feel’. The olor associated with it is orange. This chakra is all about emotional expression. Do you let emotions flow through you freely or do you suppress/avoid certain emotions? Your creativity, sexuality, life force energy (desire), and ability to self soothe all stem from your sacral chakra. A balanced sacral chakra will allow you to have healthy emotional regulation.
By Mentalmatters4 years ago in Pride
A Woman's Journey to Self Discovery
Welcome back to my journey of figuring out who I am, my journey is still going on so this is just what I know so far; I thought I was straight but I since realized that I am not and now I want to figure out what that means as far as my life goes. When I realized that I might be bisexual I thought I was going to feel this huge revelation but I just felt the same, I could say that it was a big adjustment for me but it wasn’t, this was just one more thing about me. I wish I could be like those people who have a great clarifying moment where they are sitting in their room and it just hits them and have this breakdown because they are so scared to say it out loud. I had a dream one night, and then a few weeks later had another dream and after that, I was like huh, I guess I like both men and women and that was the end of that, I didn’t cry or feel scared about it. Sometimes we have a tendency to over-exaggerate a story because we think that people will want to hear it that way but in truth people just want you to be honest with them about your truth.
By Brittney Mckinney4 years ago in Pride
