The Ardent Axiom
Illuminating the Facts About Behavioral Health and Rising Above the Stigma
Tag: LGBTQ+
A Safe Place to Call Home: The Childhood Trauma of Growing Up LGBTQ+ in Small-Town America
I have lived in Osage County, Missouri my whole life, my family has done so for generations. Many, if not most, of the people who live here would tell you that they feel like they can be themselves, live the life they want, that… Continue Reading “A Safe Place to Call Home: The Childhood Trauma of Growing Up LGBTQ+ in Small-Town America”
Companionship: Love Not Lust
I’m a descriptive writer, I love details, analogies, essays and creativity. Someone told me one night that I write because it’s how I come to understand things. That through my writing I come to terms with things that once tormented me or that continues… Continue Reading “Companionship: Love Not Lust”
Freckles: Chapter Nineteen
[PG-13: Please be advised that this chapter contains an explicit description of a sexual encounter and is not suitable for readers under the age of thirteen] I awoke later in the night, still laying up against Evan. I could feel the dampness of sweat… Continue Reading “Freckles: Chapter Nineteen”
A Journey Called Hope
Pulled from the archives and originally written in 2012, updated and expanded. Please be advised this entry discusses difficult emotions and suicide, it may not be appropriate for those easily disturbed or triggered by such topics. Support resources are provided at the end of… Continue Reading “A Journey Called Hope”
Freckles: Chapter Eighteen
Evan announced that he was done eating by burping loudly in my direction and giving me a half-ass grin, as if to gloat about eating more than me. For being so skinny the kid put down more slices than I could comfortably consume. I… Continue Reading “Freckles: Chapter Eighteen”
Human Sexuality Defined
Human Sexuality Defined Ever since I started writing about human sexuality I realized that a lot of people really don’t even know what sexuality and orientation mean and how to use those terms. I think that one of the biggest reasons is because of… Continue Reading “Human Sexuality Defined”
The Choice That Never Was
The Choice That Never Was I wanted to believe that my work of writing about this topic had since passed and that I would never again have to write in defense of it, of us, of the nature of our being. Unfortunately we still… Continue Reading “The Choice That Never Was”
Freckles: Chapter Seventeen
“Hey what the hell happened, are you okay?!?!” The man shouted at me. “Help! There was an accident, my buddy is in bad shape, he’s not moving and I can’t find a pulse, please help us!” I cried out. He reached into his pocket… Continue Reading “Freckles: Chapter Seventeen”
Transgender in America
Transgender in America In 2011 a survey conducted by famed demographer Gary Gates, for the Williams Institute under the U.C.L.A. School of Law, he found that more than 700,000 American adults identified as transgender. His follow-up survey published in June, 2016, by the same… Continue Reading “Transgender in America”
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