“When I’m big I want to be a boy like you”
My four year old self thought I was giving my cousin a complement. However he saw otherwise; I was beaten, called “faggot”, then pushed down the stairs. That complete rejection from a family member was enough to scare me into submission for the rest of my childhood.
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I don’t know when I started trying to ignore everything about myself.
It must have been early in my childhood, but the further I look back, the blurrier the memories get.
I’m Alex, and I spent twenty years being raised in a radical Roman Catholic homeschool community.
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From the time Trump started his campaign, up until his taking office, there have been multiple people sending out tweets about Barron, his 10 year old son. Many of these have ranged in topic from speculation on whether he is autistic, to calling him a future serial shooter.
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CC image courtesy of Flickr, Hellebardius Editor’s Note: Darcy Anne is a homeschool alumni blog partner. She blogs at Darcy’s Heart-stirrings. This post was originally published on July 15, 2016, and is reprinted with permission. I will probably never be free from the memories. No situation or activity is safe from the flashbacks, the comparisons, and the wonder that
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When we were kids she and Terry drilled us on how to argue religious points with him.
We regurgitated the dogma on topics such as Calvinism, baptism, and Old Testament law that was seared in our hearts
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This isn’t a story about how I recovered, this is a glimpse into the world of struggle that I’m still in after coming out to my parents three years ago.
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As if a child can be raised to hate themselves in the Name of God and suddenly grow into an adult that is healthy.
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I feel like the only one that was from a secular or New Age philosophy or cult. I guess this isn’t a full story so much as a call to others.
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CC image courtesy of Flickr, Eduardo Sánchez HA note: The following is reprinted with permission from Eleanor Skelton’s blog, The Girl Who Once Lived in a Box. It was originally published on Sept. 1st, 2015. by Eleanor Skelton, HA editorial team Growing up homeschooled means you get a lot more time with your siblings than other kids. As an older sibling,
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For a fair proportion of my teenage years she ceased any real parenting or homeschooling.
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Homeschoolers Anonymous 