Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Humans.
Love Language and the Importance of Understanding Your Partner
I’ve often been described as hot-tempered. I’m high in emotion. Sometimes I borderline on over-sensitivity. Coming to terms with my childhood and who I’ve grown to be has proven to be more of a challenge than I would have hoped. As I’ve become the 27 year old gay that I am, I’ve realized that I center in actions more than words as the old adage says. I very seldom would say, “I love you,” because I believed my actions show the love I have. I’m not big on words pertaining to love. I can go without hearing love words and still believe that I am completely loved, because it’s the willingness to relinquish your time and energy to me that shows me. It sounds bitter, maybe misguided and jaded, but it’s legitimately how my mind works.
By Triston Dyer8 years ago in Humans
Life After Love: Part 5
SERENA Another night spent at Daniel's farmhouse and I woke up again to the sounds of the early morning birds and farm animals. Daniel wasn't snoring beside me, which let me know he was probably out running errands, or getting our old farmhouse ready for us to move in again. Either way, today was the last day I was going to spend here.
By Sharlene Alba8 years ago in Humans
Picture Stories Vol. I
Once upon a time, there were two people, Kaito and Yui, who started off as just friends. They talked a lot, never kept secrets, went to each other’s houses, and did almost everything together. What they didn’t realize was that they were slowly falling for each other. They never told each other that they loved one another and they just sat back hiding their feelings and trying not to become jealous.
By Visionary Ghostwriter8 years ago in Humans
Life After Love: Part 4
MARLEY The warm clear blue waters of Sylvan Beach felt amazing as my body swam through it to get to the surface. I took a deep breath as I rose above the water and flipped my short curls out of my face. My toes and feet sunk into the sand as I made my way back towards my beach chair for my towel. I was halfway dry when I noticed a shadow next to my own.
By Sharlene Alba8 years ago in Humans
A Black Gay Experience
It's interesting when sharing my gay experience with white gays. They sometimes feel like they can relate with my experience, which usually ends up in them overshadowing my experience with their experiences. To an extent, I agree that we gays have some common experiences, but just because it says "Gay" on the badge, doesn't mean you and I wear the same coloured badge. So this is like, a memo for white gays everywhere.
By Isoa Tupua8 years ago in Humans
What's the Deal with Open Marriage?
Last weekend, while surfing through Netflix I came across a documentary calledExplained, a new weekly docuseries launched by Vox to explain, hence the name, many things that leave us scratching our heads. The episode I watched was about monogamy and non-monogamous relationships. Right away, my interest was piqued. I was immediately struck by one expert commenter who said, “Monogamy is of a made-up construct, a way to enforce gender roles and social order.” Watching the documentary, I thought to myself, if that is true, then the same assertion could be made about non-monogamous relationships. Likewise, it could also be said that non-monogamous is of a made up construct design to disrupt (rather than enforce) gender roles and social order. Before I even had the chance to fully digest this thought, I was struck by another expert commenter who said, “Monogamy is not natural, it's a choice.” What?! My mouth literally hit the floor.
By She Writes8 years ago in Humans
Life After Love: Part 3
SERENA Birds, roosters, and the entire animal kingdom managed to wake me up. It wasn't the usual sound of my alarm clock, but since I crashed at Daniel's farmhouse last night after the party, I had no choice but to deal with it. Rubbing my eyes awake, I moaned as I sat up and looked for my favorite pair of slippers. Again, nowhere to be found considering this wasn't my house and all of my belongings were in the trunk of my car and in storage. I needed to find a place to live as soon as possible. There was no way I was going to get any sleep with all these farm animals around.
By Sharlene Alba8 years ago in Humans
Boy and Girl Get Together
It started off like any other old story: Boy meets girl; girl meets boy when they are young teenagers through mutual friends. Over the course of five years, the boy and girl don't date, but are great friends. Once the boy and girl are both 21, the boy comes to where the girl goes to school, and they go out to nightclubs and drink together. It takes a few times before something happens, but when it does, it is incredible.
By Caroline Nell8 years ago in Humans
