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......

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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. ...

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......

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,......