by Jason Mellard | May 17, 2025 | Blog, Same-Sex Attraction
Dear Younger Jeff, Here you are at 11 years old when, for the first time, you are feeling drawn to every part of your friend Mark: his body, personality, mind and soul. You want to be just like Mark. You want him to like you. I get it. You wonder how you will make it...
by Jason Mellard | Jan 21, 2025 | Blog, Same-Sex Attraction
I was ten years old. With the helicopter blades still whirring, the President walked out, hand on his head, to give me the best news. “I’ve come to invite you to join me for an award ceremony in your honor,” he said loudly. I pointed to my chest. “Me?” My...
by Jason Mellard | Jan 21, 2025 | Blog, Same-Sex Attraction
As a young teenager, I presented my upper lip proudly to my dad. Black hairs had sprouted. “Dad, I’m getting a mustache,” I said. He turned to face me. Without moving closer, my dad declared, “It’s just peach fuzz.” What? Not true. “It’s the start of a...
by Jason Mellard | Sep 6, 2024 | Blog
I’ve shared before the scene where my dad would pin me down during an activity he called wrestling and urge me to break free. But his grip rendered me powerless to exert force against him. I would try to obey his command but eventually give up. It was an impossible...
by Jason Mellard | Jul 2, 2024 | Blog
Dear Timmy, I’m so grateful I get to write this letter to you. Let it remind you that things won’t always be as they are. You won’t always feel being picked last for baseball in PE is the end of your existence as you know it. You won’t always feel “different” for...
