Humanity

A Message to my son
On your 20st birthday you came out to our family. You thought we would hate you, you thought we would kick you out, you thought you knew us. We didn't know how to deal with the anger you flung at us for months after. We loved you but we also hated you. We hated the anger that came off you in waves, we hated the stranger that lived in our house, we hated the loss of the person we knew. But we loved you.
By Erika Wood4 years ago in Pride
Not Just Another Name
What many people don’t realize is that the Vietnam war began in 1954. The protests started around 1960. Let me clarify.
By Margaret Brennan4 years ago in Pride
I Wish I Knew
Trigger warning: Sexual assault, intimate partner abuse Why isn't it more well known that intimate partner abuse is a thing? Why is same sex sexual abuse, in any capacity, seemingly nonexistent? These are both topics I feel need to be discussed more. I wish I would have known that these things happened, and I also wish I'd known that I was dating a monster before I started.
By Kristina Zill4 years ago in Pride
Dark Sheep
I always considered myself the unwilling beneficiary of a generational curse. My mother was a habitual adulterer and my father was never above not being treated like he was ever above any of my mother’s less-than antics. He was simple and complacent and my mother was malicious and narcissistic. The mix was toxic and bread an involuntary toxicity within me as their offspring.
By A. Nom4 years ago in Pride
1st Day 8th
1st Day 8th We doing what now? I was not into this day. I was forced to leave my grandparents, my cousin had been 3 doors away my “entire life”, and my sisters and godmother’s were within 20 minutes of the house in which I was built. I was not prepared or even knowledgeable about this move. Wasn't consulted, informed, or even dreamed that my mother would just up and marry some man that she, just months ago, wouldn't even accept his calls.
By Chimere Brown4 years ago in Pride
Coming Out Never Ends
To me, life is everything we choose to make of it. We wake up and most days we have a plan. And on those days that are unplanned we wing it, because I mean, what else are we supposed to do other than keep on moving. We often forget that we hold the key to our happiness. We often forget that whether the sun shines or not there will still be evil out in the world. Acceptance shouldn't be as hard as most people make it. Just be a conscious, loving, and caring human, right?
By Charlene4 years ago in Pride
Why My First Coming Out Was So Hard
I’m gay. I have been all my life. And would have known it when I was five years old, if I had known about sex and all that ‘grown-up stuff’.
By Blaine Coleman4 years ago in Pride
Sri Lankan Dances
Sri Lanka is famous for its various classical and traditional dance traditions, which are brought to life by colorful costumes and rhythmic music. Looking back, the concept of Sri Lankan dance may be traced all the way back to the 4th century BCE. The fundamental goal of these Sri Lankan dances was to ward off natural disasters and illness.
By Sandali Tharuka4 years ago in Pride
The Social Construction Of Gender And Gender Roles
Adhering to the ascribed roles of society, humanity tends to protect, nurture, and propagate gender-based identities, believing them to be inherent and biological in their nature. However, all it takes is for one to raise the question, the question of how society ascribes certain roles to an individual. The answer to such a question unravels layers of the discursive phenomenon that collectively contribute towards the construction of such specific roles. Exploration of the social construction of gender not only enables us to decipher the founding constructs of society and the roles of their members, but it also allows us to deeply comprehend how such phenomenon influences a person’s behaviour, thinking patterns, or at large freedom of a person.
By Syed Zain Ali Gardezi4 years ago in Pride
Casual Encounters
Let’s talk about consensual gay sex. I’m not talking about sexual education. I’m talking about how it happened for me and the dangers I’ve learned from it. To explore this, I’ll start from the beginning.
By Enrique “Ravynn” Arnold4 years ago in Pride
Craig Puranen Wilson
I am updating this to include it in the Vocal Home Town Heroes Challenge. and the Represnted Challenge. Craig was an amazing person who brought so many people together, encouraged and helped people who need it, and is the subject of and upcoming film aimed at promoting a positive, caring image of Newcastle. I have been interviewed for the film, and will possibly be performing a song I wrote unspired by Craig / Sheena when we lost him/her. The challenge is sponsored by The Mentor Group.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Pride
The Truth, On National Coming Out Day.
I have known I was a lesbian since I was about ten, and it scared me to death. Well, I say that, but it was more that I knew I was interested in women, not men, but didn’t know what that really meant since I was about ten. More on why that was in a second.
By Jennifer Juan4 years ago in Pride