Intersex awareness day is the 26th of October. As far as I know I am the only intersex person in my family. Past generations. In May I participated in my first ever Hindu funeral service for my father. Where we honored him, his father, and his father’s father. The lineage of male members of the...

Where do I start? How do I recap an adventure that lasted 10 days, and encompassed 30+ towns and villages? I undertook this hike to promote my fundraiser—raising money for Athlete Ally and InterACT.  But in having done so many other ultramarathons, I wanted to do something different and plan an adventure that wasn’t routine....

For decades I referred to myself using male pronouns.  It made sense at one point because I looked male.  It never felt right, but nothing felt right. I went through life not feeling like I was human—straddling a line between male and female and not belonging in either group.  As I got older my body…

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted an entry. After my last post back in June, work picked up and really got in the way of being able to post here. There’s a number of entries that I’ve written, but none have made it up yet. Editing takes awhile for me. But I miss writing, so…

The Infinitus ultra races, for those that don’t know, is setup as a small 7-mile loop over Mt. Romance, followed by an additional 20-mile loop over Mt. Moosalamoo, in the mountains of Vermont. At the Ski Center by the Blueberry Hill Inn is where the camping area is located—Base Camp. This year I was amongst...

What is it? The medical definition is the swelling of the breast tissue in men and boys due to a hormone imbalance. That last part of the sentence, “imbalance,” implies that there are a set of levels that are deemed to be normal. But in reality “normal levels” refers to the median value of a...

I have a confession to make. When I was in day care at the age of 3 or 4 I was molested.    10 or 15 years ago I had a memory resurface, a memory of when I was molested at a daycare center. I never really told anyone about it at the time.  Not anyone,...

Ten years ago, and before that, the person that I was was beholden to anxieties.  From when I was a young child I was told I was a boy. I was taught that boys act and dress one way, and girls act and dress another. 

On my left, through the trees, I could see the sun reflecting off of a lake. The water sparkled and looked inviting, but there was no obvious trail to it. Stared off at the lake I wanted the day to be done.  I thought about walking into the underbrush and mingling with the trees.

On social media, others around the world can possibly see some part of themselves in you, some part of your face, something about they way you dress, or a way you act and talk–some part they only know to hide.  Find others helps themselves to feel normal.

What is sex? What is gender? What is sexuality, and how do they relate? Lets find out…

I have these thoughts and phrases that I call Su-isms. They are mainly ideas & beliefs that have come up repeatedly in my life. One of them is: Most comfortable when most exposed.   I began writing a blog on this topic, I had an idea in mind, but when I put pen to paper…

I have been wanting to write another blog entry, I was going to write about my anxiety that I felt last weekend when going to a PDC (Permaculture Design Course) Reunion. But the events of last weekend—the attempted bombings, the synagogue shooting, and the gunman that mowed down two African Americans at a grocery store…

October 26, 2018 is Intersex Awareness Day. Intersex Awareness Day is here to celebrate Intersex people, as well as an opportunity to bring public attention to what being Intersex is all about.  Put simply, “Intersex,” is an umbrella term that encompasses those who are born with sex characteristics or genetic differences that don’t conform to…

I had a conversation with my father today, a man that I’ve always considered to be very level headed and fair minded.  He had an issue with his computer.  This is not uncommon as there’s usually a learning curve associated with older people and newer technology.  But today was different.  He told me a few…

First, it’s not a thing. Intersex is an umbrella term that includes people having atypical sex characteristics and/or atypical chromosomal patterns. Sometimes these differences result in obvious body trait variations, while in other individuals show no signs of a differing outward appearance. According to the Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E), Intersex people make up about…

When my Intersex status was realized at the age of 15, for me it is a condition know as Klinefelters, my parents left decisions of my body up to me.  They never forced me, or even suggested that I should or should not do something.  I feel fortunate to have been able to make decisions…

October 10th was World Mental Health Day, it was on this day that I registered this site, The Bare Journey.  This blog is about my experiences, with being Intersex, with having anxieties and how running helps me navigate this world. Being intersex is a topic that will come up a fair amount in this blog,…