Felix Herbener

MY STORY In 1994 I was 11 years old. I lived in a suburb of Logan City, Brisbane, with my mother and father. I was in year seven at a public primary school. That year I caught an intestinal pathogen from ingesting faeces, perhaps from one of my pets. The symptoms I experienced from it were severe intestinal irritation and difficulty passing stools. These symptoms did not go away but remained constant, by the end of year seven I had realised something was wrong. Before the end of the school year my parents moved to the rural fringe of Logan City where it borders Beaudesert Shire. The house was on the highway and had no close neighbours. I lost contact with the children from the old suburb, save one. In 1995 I was sent to year eight at a local public high school. I changed schools for year nine and ten in 1996 and 1997. In 1998 I had just turned 15, that year I chose to apply and enrol in a Certificate II in Fine Art at The Bremer Institute of TAFE, Inala and Ipswich. In 19...

MY THOUGHTS ABOUT INCEL I am not a heterosexual Incel. I am a confident homosexual with a very satisfying sex life thank you. I don't want anything from women, I am attracted to men. The only thing I think I deserve for being civil to women is the right not to be harassed by women. I am no expert about relationships between men and women. My (homo)sexuality is in the minority. If I was forced to give a reply to the issue of Incel I would use the opportunity to point to the importance of healthy early childhood development, loving families, and benevolent communities. And an education system should value qualitative experience, emotional development, and experiential learning not only academia and work readiness.