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Nov 17, 2020
Coming Out and Relationships with My Sons
Nov 17, 2020

Coming out as gay has turned out to be the most beneficial thing I could have done with my sons. I was so scared it was going to hurt them. But, turns out our relationships have become closer and more authentic and more satisfying.

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Nov 17, 2020
Sep 12, 2020
Married, Coming out, Divorce: It Hurts
Sep 12, 2020

Coming out while married is a very hard thing. This is the type of thing that we can prevent by having a more open and accepting world. Even if you don't believe in gay-marriage I'm sure you believe in alleviating the type of pain I caused by forcing myself to believe I was straight. We can do this with kindness and openness.

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Sep 12, 2020
Aug 15, 2020
Under Pressure: What it's like coming out after 30 years
Aug 15, 2020

Coming out as gay at 33 is hard. When most kids were finding out who they were in high school, I was busy hiding who I was. Now, I’m working on developing that person with the added pressures of being an adult and sometimes it just feels like too much. In this article, I talk about how I’ve learned to cope. Sober, in peace, and effectively.

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Aug 15, 2020
Aug 14, 2020
Inspect Belief Patterns, Not Laws: moving past LGBTQ discrimination
Aug 14, 2020

We can make as many laws as we want to protect a race, a sex, a religion, or sexual identity but until we make a change in belief patterns the laws will have little effect. For LGBTQ discrimination, I notice through my own homophobia, that I need to begin seeing this community as a positive. When this happens, I more fully accept the gay in me and the gay in my brother or sister. Try it and see if it works for yourself too.

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Aug 14, 2020
Aug 7, 2020
Speedo Awakening: A release from shame
Aug 7, 2020

Shame over my body started when I was a child. I thought that because I liked boys that I should have been born a girl. But a speedo in my 30's allowed me to recognize the man I was and the body I now loved and cherished.

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Aug 7, 2020
Jul 24, 2020
Body Shame
Jul 24, 2020

Body Shaming happens we make someone feel ugly, gross, and unworthy because of their body type and I've experienced it in every phase of my development. When someone asked me how I built confidence in my body, I was instantly drawn to question my own confidence and face my own shame.

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Jul 24, 2020
Jul 17, 2020
I Owe Apologies
Jul 17, 2020

I didn't think this blog would lead to me coming out as gay, but it did and when it did, I didn't think there was much left to share, but there is. There is more to share now than ever and for me it's more important than ever to share it all. The good, the bad and the ugly. Here’s to a new journey!

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Jul 17, 2020
Mar 8, 2020
Bang
Mar 8, 2020

Okay… Fine. One more. A poem to let you in on what it feels like to come out of the closet and continue to walk as gay.

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Mar 8, 2020
Feb 11, 2020
What Coming Out as Gay Does Not Mean: The Final Post
Feb 11, 2020

The final fear I had to face in the trials to triathlon story is revealed in this post. It is finally time to accept fully who I am, regardless of the consequences and step out with pride and confidence. I’m gay.

But, what does this all mean? What is going to change? What is next?

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Feb 11, 2020
Oct 13, 2019
The Truth Behind The Smile
Oct 13, 2019

My psychological make up has made me particularly sensitive to the horrible things I have learned to call myself. May these thoughts arise from others, social-stigma's or diagnosis, they don't have to have power over me any more. But sometimes they do and when they do, I get to grow.

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Oct 13, 2019
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