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AHorse Growing up in conservative Oklahoma, A Horse with a Horn walked a very different road through adolescence from that of his peers. He was six when he first pierced his ears. Eight when he bleached his hair and nine when he dyed it blue. By twelve-years-old, A Horse with a Horn was experimenting with alcohol and drugs and in the second week of middle school, he was found unresponsive from alcohol poisoning. Luckily his sister was trained in CPR and saved his life. Five months later, he overdosed on prescription pills. At thirteen, he attempted to take his own life and was committed to a mental health facility. It was in the hospital that the truth for all of his wild behaviors finally came out. “I had been sexually abused by multiple people: my babysitter’s sons and my mother’s boyfriend’s son. I don’t think I even knew what I was experiencing was abuse until the final rape that broke me and led to my hospitalization.” He would eventually be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a situation he finally believes he has under control, although it does still rear its nasty head into his love life every now and then. “I hate the things that happened to me and the crazy shit I put my family through, but I wouldn’t be the human I am today without having survived the mess. I feel like one of my main purposes in this world is to share my story to maybe help someone else suffering from similar trauma.” It’s given him plenty of material, as well. The songs on Mindless, A Horse with a Horn’s debut album, are all about embracing love through the good times and the bad; facing demons and figuring out emotions. It’s about navigating other humans and understanding one another as well as one’s self. His video for “Right in My Face” is available now on YouTube, and we spoke with the self-proclaimed queerdo artist from his home in Los Angeles. The title of your album comes from the realization that you don’t always make the best decisions in
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relationships. What are examples of some of your worst decisions? The album title is really intended to speak about both parties of the relationship playing “Mindless” games, but if we are talking about me, the worst decisions I have made in past relationships were acts of infidelity. The are some people in my past that I know I truly hurt with this careless behavior even if I truly did love and care about them. In my early twenties, before I decided to focus on my mental health, I spent a lot of my time in manic episodes. I let a lot of my insecurities and past trauma lead me to reckless behavior of self-sabotage that other people had to also suffer through. The things I did were never meant to hurt others, only myself. I am fortunate enough to have been forgiven by the ones I hurt during that difficult time of self-discovery. Aren’t most young men mindless when it comes to love? There are plenty of emotionally intelligent men out there that can love without playing games. But I do think a lot of people, regardless of their gender identity, play plenty of mindless games when it comes to love. We are all constantly learning to navigate other humans, and even ourselves. What are you looking for in a partner? I’ve found it! I’ve been with my partner over a year and a half at this point and it’s something way beyond what I ever thought I deserved. The thing I find most important in relationships is having a best friend and lover in one. I never fight with my partner and we love pretty much all the same things, minus video games. I don’t have the patience or the time. We are politically aligned, sexually aligned, and everything else aligned. People say we are in the honeymoon phase because we still can’t be separated but I think that time has passed and we just make so much sense to each other and enjoy all the same things that we have no need to do things separately. They say opposites attract but for me, I would not agree. I love having someone to connect with that truly gets me down to core, even when it comes to the darker side of my past. Oh, and I also love that we have the same weird style because my accessory collection has doubled.
You’ve been open about your being diagnosed as bi-polar so I have to ask: how does the disorder play into your relationship? In the past, it led me to pursue relationships with other unstable people. Now that I am healthy and taking care of my disorder, I feel it has no role in my relationship. It’s been quite some time since I’ve felt a lack of control, and I am grateful that I had taken care of myself before meeting my partner. You’ve also been open about being sexually abused as a child. Has that impacted your ability to love and trust another person? I think it has done the opposite. I feel my openness about my trauma creates stronger bonds with both lovers and friends and helps build that trust. As for love, I’ve gotta lot of love to give. My family was very loving throughout my entire life and my mom always instilled that it was important to tell people you love them as much as possible because you never know when it’s your last opportunity. I think this really helped me stay loving and caring to others, even though it took me most of my life learn to love myself. In the “Right in my Face” video, we see you capturing an all-American boy and forcing him into the dark side. Is that something you’ve done or would like to do? I never want anyone forced into anything in life. The video is really rather a metaphor of embracing something seemingly scary, like breaking the mold of the traditional world and embracing individuality even when you feel the world might not accept it. I know my style and vibe is not everyone’s cup of tea but I feel like the message is universal. So many people live by other people’s rules and I think it’s time to change that. We are still living in a world full of bigotry and it’s time to change that and embrace who we really are. Unless who you are is a bigot, then you definitely need to not embrace that. Embrace your weirdness. Embrace your sexuality. Embrace liberation. Considering your traumatic past, it’s pretty amazing that you have gotten to the point where you are not only embracing your inner desires, but encouraging others to embrace theirs. It was a very long and hard road out of that hell. I suffered through mental health issues, 12 | follow us @peachatlmag
self-mutilation, self-hate, trouble with the law, substance abuse… somehow, I always remained an open book. I always shared my trauma with others and in doing so I learned about many other people’s traumas. It’s quite disheartening to know that so many people have experienced such painful abuse from the hands of others but I learned that opening up and talking about these experiences truly helped people, many who had never even told anyone else about their past. As for embracing myself and my desires, I don’t really know what led me to be so open other than my mom giving me the freedom to discover myself and who I was. I knew who I was at a young age and I was never afraid to express that the world. I mean, I wanted my ears pierced in kindergarten and my hair blue in the fourth grade and I was fortunate enough to be allowed to do it and that continued through my teen years as well. I think my desire to express my individuality and my openness helped encourage others to find their true selves and work towards embracing that. Of all the songs on Mindless, which one best represents who you are as an artist? I think “Mermaids” because it represents me both musically and thematically. The style of the song has a lot of arpeggiated synths in it that were sounds influenced by Fischerspooner’s first album. Fischerspooner, by the way, is the band that is responsible for my love of electroclash/electropop and the reason I am a musician today. I first heard their track “Emerge” when I was 13, and my music tastes were never the same again. If you could give advice to your younger self, what would it be? Keep fucking going. It is going to be a hellacious first twenty years of life, but despite all of the pain and the struggles, you are going to experience so much love and beauty that looking back you will realize it was all worth the fight. You have so much to learn but also so much to teach and share with the world. So just keep fucking going.
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ARIES (MAR. 21 - APR. 19)
SCORPIO (OCT. 23 - NOV. 21)
If you need to take a break from your long to-do list today, don’t waste it on surfing the Internet (though you may be tempted to simply veg out for a while). A bit of exercise will clear your head and give you energy.
It may be time to reveal a secret you’ve been keeping -- something about yourself that embarrasses you. Someone close to you has the same secret, and your revelation will help you both understand that you’re not alone.
TAURUS (APR. 20 - MAY 20)
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 - DEC. 21)
Express your love for other people in tangible ways today -- material (flowers or a small gift) or physical (a hug or a gentle stroke). Today is one of those days when actions really do speak louder than words.
An authority figure of some sort may find fault with you today, or ask that you redo a job you’ve already done. Don’t react in anger. Take a deep breath and get to work. Tonight, exercise will release the tension.
GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUN. 20)
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN. 19)
Pay bills, take care of errands and attend to household chores -- today may not be the most exciting day you’ve ever had, but it would be a good idea (and personally satisfying) to take care of these humdrum matters today.
An authority figure of some sort may find fault with you today, or ask that you redo a job you’ve already done. Don’t react in anger. Take a deep breath and get to work. Tonight, exercise will release the tension.
CANCER (JUN. 21 - JUL. 22)
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 - FEB. 18)
When was the last time you hosted a dinner party? Well, today is an excellent day for event planning. You’ll likely find some inspiration in a cookbook or a food magazine. Try out a new recipe tonight.
Today you should shift your focus from the big picture to the fine print -- all your wonderfully innovative, creative ideas will come to nothing if you disregard these small (but significant) details.
LEO (JUL. 23 - AUG. 22)
PISCES (FEB. 19 - MAR. 20)
Although you may be in the mood for decisive action today, find time for a session of clearheaded strategizing. Don’t make any moves forward until you have the entire route (and a realistic budget) mapped out.
Expect to gain a new understanding of a relationship today -- you may discover that someone’s feelings for you are deeper than you thought. Alternatively, you may realize that you’re the one whose feelings have deepened.
Trouble in the love department? With sex? Or just people in general? Send us your queries, questions, and problems, and you’ll get answers served straight up and with a little ice.
I have gone on a date with this guy four times now, and every time the same scenario: we have a few drinks, we start making out at the bar, and then it seems like we are about to move on, but then he says that he doesn’t want to have sex drunk, and we end up just calling it a night! On date number four, we did end up going to his place, and once again, he said that we shouldn’t have sex because he was too drunk. But then we started to make out again on his couch, and he opened my pants and started fondling me. Even though I really wanted to continue, I asked him if we shouldn’t stop for the reason he had just given me: no sex when drunk! We then abruptly stopped, and I went home, and since then, I haven’t heard a lot from him – and I’m a little confused. Didn’t I do the right thing in the situation? Did he think I was rejecting him, and therefore I’m no longer interested? Sincerely Consent and Cofusion Dear Consent and Confusion You did do the right thing in the situation. You respected his wish, and despite your own desire, you stopped in your tracks and respected him. He may have granted you consent in that situation, but what you did was right, so good for you, because the rules of consent weren’t clear. As for him not texting you back, maybe he is a little embarrassed and does feel rejected by you. Perhaps he was indeed so drunk that the memory of the episode is muddled? So what do you do now? How about you reach out to him again, and you arrange for a fifth date – and this time you don’t go to a bar, so alcohol is no longer in the picture? This way, you will be able to express your intentions better, and maybe you will be able to take the next – consensual – step. --
I was the only out gay person on my rugby team in college, and once a year we have a reunion, and this year one of the guys invited us all to his mountain cabin for the weekend. Once there, I immediately noticed that this guy – let’s call him Jack – paid extra attention to me. A brush on the shoulder, a pat on my back, and he purposely laid his sleeping bag next to mine. After a night of drinking and stories around the bonfire, we ended up alone, and he nervously told me he thought that he had feelings for me and that he was possibly gay but was very confused about it. I talked to him about it and told him I was there if he needed to speak, and then we went to sleep. The next morning, I woke up to him still lying next to me (in his sleeping bag), while everyone else had gotten up and gone downstairs. As he got out of his sleeping bag, he let me get a good look at his erection, and he paused and asked me if we should try something. It took everything in me to say no, because of our conversation the night before. We got up, and the rest of the trip, things were a little awkward between us. Should I have just fooled around with him, or was I right for not doing it? I feel I would have gone too far with him and made him even more confused. Sincerely Cabin Fever Dear Cabin Fever This is the stuff sexual fantasies are made of – and not a lot of guys would not have been able to resist that level temptation, so good for you! Because you did do the right thing by not engaging in a sexual act with him. If he is struggling to figure out who he is, then you will be a much bigger help as an out gay person in his life who he can talk to and ask questions. If he had told you that he is very likely gay, and was experimenting with other guys, then you should have lived out that fantasy scenario, but because he was conflicted, your assessment of it just adding to his confusion was absolutely correct. So now, offer your help, be a support, and if you both go to the reunion next year, there might be better grounds for you to fool around there.
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