CockyBoys Presents a brand new series from Jake Jaxson, SURR

As we kick off our 15 Years of Cocky anniversary I am reminded how anniversaries are made for reflection, and this milestone is no different. Growing up in South Louisiana, I was a scrawny-scarecrow-looking-boy, often scratched up and dirty from always playing outside. The last of six kids, I was usually the last in line, rarely got anything new, was picked on, and had to fight for attention, and I did not really mind it so much until the day I realized I was different, and not like the rest of my family. Like many, I knew I was gay at a young age, and that realization was soon followed by the painful understanding hiding, lying, and becoming someone else were the tools necessary for my survival mentally and physically. Years later, and through it all, I became an out-and-proud gay man, yet the lies and shame of my youth still haunted me as they bound me to a past perception of myself that separated me from accepting who I was, and who I wanted to be sexually. I have long believed that having a full understanding and acceptance of ones sexual-self is key to a happy life, and its important to not separate our sex life from our real life, as societ