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cub17 · 2nd Jan 2012, 12:46 AM

Hey... so I guess I'm calling myself cub17.

In case you couldn't figure it out, I'm a 17 yr old bear.
I was born in Los Angeles, but I live in the burbs of Austin, TX now. Pretty cool city lol. I'm Irish-Mexican.

Umm... I was born blond-haired, but I've sort've darkened now. I don't like to shave anything other than my face, and even then I sport a stache and goatee. I dress like an old school vato half the times, and the other times as a lazy hippie. Depends on my mood.

I'm a very spiritual person, I suppose. I was raised Catholic, big into Mary. But I like to combine religious practices, and so I have my own thing goin on. For those who have been hurt by religion, I completely understand and I'm not here to cause problems or preach or whatever. I'm on my path to become a priest, and I double as a traditional Mexican shaman (curandero) in training. But I'm not a creationist, I believe in conversation, and yeah.

As for being LGBTQ, I've had feelings for boys as far back as I can remember. I still remember my first crush, a 5 yr old boy named Marco back in LA. And then Jason was my first major boy crush in 1st grade. Alongside these, I also had crushes on girls, such as Miranda in kindergarten. I went through Hell and Back from 4th to 7th grade, with a toxic grandma scaring me into hating myself, and a society around me that didn't understand my need for affection. I was the loner, in the back, angry, hateful, and self-loathing.
In 8th grade, I fell in love with this guy I was SURE was gay, also Catholic. I came out to everyone as bi. It was like a 99% acceptance, and I felt really good for the first time in my life. My crush, however, was threatened and told his dad I sexually harassed him. Almost got expelled. Someone intervened and I stayed.

This is turning into a long introduction, sorry.

Uhh, to wrap things up, I don't have any musical abilities, though my friends say I can sing(i dont believe it), I'm a good writer, I speak near-fluent Spanish and Turkish, I like old music, I like cute thin boys, I'm a gentleman, I'm accepting and open-minded, and I really need someone to talk to these days.

So yeah, thanks for reading

**Chip** · 2nd Jan 2012, 01:17 AM

welcome to EC! What a wonderful thing that you've come to feel your spiritual roots early on; many people don't make those connections until later in life.

Apparently there are a fair number of shamans and people of indigenous spiritual traditions who are gay. It sounds like on the whole you've had a fair degree of acceptance toward your sexuality, and I'm sure that's been a big blessing for you.

I hope you'll stick around. I think you'll find this to be a wonderfully open and supportive community

cub17 · 2nd Jan 2012, 01:22 AM

Thank you very much, Chip.

I'm really excited about this site.

I've been sorta waiting to find something like this.

fiddledeedee · 2nd Jan 2012, 01:43 AM

Hello Cub, and welcome to EC.

Sadly we haven't all got the amazing ninja skills that Jonathan and Sunsetting have, but I hope you still enjoy your time here!

silverhalo · 2nd Jan 2012, 03:46 AM

Hey welcome to EC.

Riaan · 2nd Jan 2012, 05:49 AM

Hi Cub17. Welcome to EC. Nice to have you on EC.

Nazo · 2nd Jan 2012, 06:14 AM

Heyo, welcome to EC!

Doctor Faustus · 2nd Jan 2012, 07:14 AM

Welcome to EC! Thanks so much for sharing your story

. My Spanish I'm afraid is a little rusty and my Turkish is nonexistent so...

. On the other hand, my French is pretty good I like to think, haha!

Catch up soon.

Dr. Faustus.

thecat06 · 2nd Jan 2012, 11:15 AM

Hello and Welcome!!

Random Dent · 2nd Jan 2012, 12:52 PM

Welcome to EC, Cub.

cub17 · 2nd Jan 2012, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thecat06

Hello and Welcome!!

I absolutely love your avatar.
It reminds me of one on deviantart, its a cat in a suit doing a similar dance.

I don't know why but I think its awsum!

And thanks everybody!

Artemicion · 2nd Jan 2012, 08:37 PM

Hi and welcome to EC!

alex2020 · 2nd Jan 2012, 11:41 PM

Bienvenue!!

hml8 · 3rd Jan 2012, 09:44 AM

hey, welcome

Aeon Magus · 4th Jan 2012, 09:42 PM

Hello, Cub, and welcome to EC.

2nd Jan 2012, 12:46 AM	#1
cub17 Padrecito Regular Member Gender: Curandero Orientation: Men and Women Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Austin, TX Posts: 62 Join Date: Jan 2012	Intro Hey... so I guess I'm calling myself cub17. In case you couldn't figure it out, I'm a 17 yr old bear. I was born in Los Angeles, but I live in the burbs of Austin, TX now. Pretty cool city lol. I'm Irish-Mexican. Umm... I was born blond-haired, but I've sort've darkened now. I don't like to shave anything other than my face, and even then I sport a stache and goatee. I dress like an old school vato half the times, and the other times as a lazy hippie. Depends on my mood. I'm a very spiritual person, I suppose. I was raised Catholic, big into Mary. But I like to combine religious practices, and so I have my own thing goin on. For those who have been hurt by religion, I completely understand and I'm not here to cause problems or preach or whatever. I'm on my path to become a priest, and I double as a traditional Mexican shaman (curandero) in training. But I'm not a creationist, I believe in conversation, and yeah. As for being LGBTQ, I've had feelings for boys as far back as I can remember. I still remember my first crush, a 5 yr old boy named Marco back in LA. And then Jason was my first major boy crush in 1st grade. Alongside these, I also had crushes on girls, such as Miranda in kindergarten. I went through Hell and Back from 4th to 7th grade, with a toxic grandma scaring me into hating myself, and a society around me that didn't understand my need for affection. I was the loner, in the back, angry, hateful, and self-loathing. In 8th grade, I fell in love with this guy I was SURE was gay, also Catholic. I came out to everyone as bi. It was like a 99% acceptance, and I felt really good for the first time in my life. My crush, however, was threatened and told his dad I sexually harassed him. Almost got expelled. Someone intervened and I stayed. This is turning into a long introduction, sorry. Uhh, to wrap things up, I don't have any musical abilities, though my friends say I can sing(i dont believe it), I'm a good writer, I speak near-fluent Spanish and Turkish, I like old music, I like cute thin boys, I'm a gentleman, I'm accepting and open-minded, and I really need someone to talk to these days. So yeah, thanks for reading

2nd Jan 2012, 01:17 AM	#2
Chip EC Advisor EC Admin Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: northern CA Posts: 5,582 Join Date: May 2008	Re: Intro welcome to EC! What a wonderful thing that you've come to feel your spiritual roots early on; many people don't make those connections until later in life. Apparently there are a fair number of shamans and people of indigenous spiritual traditions who are gay. It sounds like on the whole you've had a fair degree of acceptance toward your sexuality, and I'm sure that's been a big blessing for you. I hope you'll stick around. I think you'll find this to be a wonderfully open and supportive community

2nd Jan 2012, 01:22 AM	#3
cub17 Padrecito Regular Member Gender: Curandero Orientation: Men and Women Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Austin, TX Posts: 62 Join Date: Jan 2012	Re: Intro Thank you very much, Chip. I'm really excited about this site. I've been sorta waiting to find something like this.

2nd Jan 2012, 01:43 AM	#4
fiddledeedee 22/12-31/12+X! Full Member Gender: Complicated female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Most, sans Dad Location: England Age: 15 Posts: 1,128 Join Date: May 2011	Re: Intro Hello Cub, and welcome to EC. Sadly we haven't all got the amazing ninja skills that Jonathan and Sunsetting have, but I hope you still enjoy your time here! __________________ A problem should be measured not by the cause of the problem but by the consequences it has on a person. ~ Anfauglith

2nd Jan 2012, 03:46 AM	#5
silverhalo EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Quite a few Location: England, Age: 29 Posts: 3,166 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: Intro Hey welcome to EC.

2nd Jan 2012, 05:49 AM	#6
Riaan Speak to the hand Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Parents, aunt, cousin and friends Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Age: 27 Posts: 56 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Intro Hi Cub17. Welcome to EC. Nice to have you on EC.

2nd Jan 2012, 06:14 AM	#7
Nazo Janis Ian's Lesbian Crush Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Facebook, not hiding at college Location: Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 2,071 Join Date: Dec 2010	Re: Intro Heyo, welcome to EC! __________________ are you feeling like a prisoner are you living life the way you want giving time to ones you love are you giving time to who you are

2nd Jan 2012, 07:14 AM	#8
Doctor Faustus EC's resident Philosopher at Large Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Not straight. But only interested in men. xD Out Status: People who ask me. People whom I trust. Location: Basingstoke Posts: 1,610 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Intro Welcome to EC! Thanks so much for sharing your story . My Spanish I'm afraid is a little rusty and my Turkish is nonexistent so... . On the other hand, my French is pretty good I like to think, haha! Catch up soon. Dr. Faustus. __________________ "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." - Mother Teresa.

2nd Jan 2012, 11:15 AM	#9
thecat06 EC's Biggest LNJF and SNL fan!! Full Member Gender: Let's say Pangender! Orientation: Let's say gay!! Out Status: Out to parents, campus, and 75 friends on facebook Location: Central and Northern Ohio Age: 19 Posts: 2,504 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Intro Hello and Welcome!! __________________ So many years have passed, since I proclaimed my independence, my mission, my aim, and my vision, so secure, content to live each day like it's my last, it's wonderful to know, that I could be, something more than what I dreamed, far beyond what I could see -Dream Theater

2nd Jan 2012, 12:52 PM	#10
Random Dent Liebe ist für alle da! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: La la la ladies Out Status: I don't care who knows Location: California Age: 27 Posts: 1,692 Join Date: Feb 2011	Re: Intro Welcome to EC, Cub. __________________ No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody Rita Mae Brown

2nd Jan 2012, 08:37 PM	#12
Artemicion :D :D :D Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Anyone who asks, but parents in denial. Location: Vancouver BC Canada Age: 23 Posts: 1,112 Join Date: Aug 2010	Re: Intro Hi and welcome to EC!

2nd Jan 2012, 11:41 PM	#13
alex2020 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Everybody important, and anybody who asks. Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 1,437 Join Date: Aug 2011	Re: Intro Bienvenue!! __________________ “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”

3rd Jan 2012, 09:44 AM	#14
hml8 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Canterbury, Kent or Southend, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 424 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: Intro hey, welcome __________________ 'I feel pretty, Oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay' . . . hums on

4th Jan 2012, 09:42 PM	#15
Aeon Magus EC's Blue Gaylien Full Member Gender: I go peepee standing up xD Orientation: I'm a Man's Man Out Status: The people that I care about most. Location: South Africa Posts: 2,262 Join Date: Nov 2011	Re: Intro Hello, Cub, and welcome to EC. __________________ Sing me a Painting, I'll paint you a Song Inside my heart is breaking. My make-up may be flaking, but my smile still stays on. The show must go on.

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