Tag Archives: male survivors

The Subtle Danger of QAnon

According to QAnon, I should have been kidnapped and held against my will while rich and powerful people trafficked me and abused me sexually. But that’s not the way it happened. From the age of ten to almost eighteen I … Continue reading

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On the Child Victims Act

    This morning, Wisconsin State Representatives Chris Taylor and Melissa Sargent and State Senator Lena Taylor introduced two bills at a press conference at the State Capitol. The first was the Child Victims Act, which eliminates the statute of limitations … Continue reading

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Paths to Healing press release, 2019

Several Wisconsin organizations have partnered for the seventh year to organize and sponsor Paths to Healing, a one-day conference on surviving child sex abuse to be held from 8:45-4:15 p.m. at the American Family Insurance Training Center on Friday, June … Continue reading

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Paths to Healing Press Release (2014)

For the second consecutive year several Wisconsin organizations have partnered to put together a one-day conference on surviving childhood sex abuse that will be held this year from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel in Madison on Thursday, June … Continue reading

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I Am Rising

I am rising because silence is not an option any more. I was silenced too long by threats, social pressures, and my own shame and fear. It took me years to realize that keeping the abuse a secret helped no … Continue reading

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Paths to Healing: Conference on Child Sex Abuse Survival

For Immediate Release Paths to Healing: Conference on Child Sex Abuse Survival 10:00 a.m., June 20, 2013 Sheraton Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin Several Wisconsin organizations have partnered to put together a one-day conference on surviving childhood sex abuse that will be … Continue reading

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Through the Darkness Lightly

After 24 years of sobriety my days of heavy drinking seem like a distant blur and somewhat unreal in certain ways. I spent about eleven years of my life in a pretty much constant drunken haze, self-medicating, hiding, creating masks. … Continue reading

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