by Jay Tripp | Oct 18, 2021 | Advice for LGBTQ Adolescents, All Articles
Hi Jay, This is weird saying it, but I’m bisexual and I have a boyfriend. I usually have a crush on girls that I don’t act upon because of fear that they wouldn’t feel the same way and then, they would start telling others. There is this current one....
by Jay Tripp | Oct 18, 2021 | Advice for LGBTQ Adolescents, All Articles, Hi Jay, LGBTQ Advice and Support
Hi Jay, I’ve been with women and men and I find myself wanting to be with men all the time, especially when I masturbate. Could I be gay? I am getting confused. -Questioning Man Hi Questioning Man, Sexuality falls on a spectrum called the Kinsey Scale. The...
by Jay Tripp | Jun 5, 2020 | Advice for LGBTQ Adolescents, All Articles, LGBTQ Advice and Support
One day, in 1993, one of my school mates shouted across the playground that I was gay. That day set the tone for the rest of my school year where I was constantly bullied and picked on based on an accusation. I was ten years old. It was an accusation to them, but for...
by Jay Tripp | Jun 2, 2020 | Advice for LGBTQ Adolescents, All Articles, Jay’s Story Time, LGBTQ Advice and Support
Life is precious, but it is also hard. Anyone who tells you differently doesn’t have life. They have an illusion or a silver spoon. No one is prepared for life, and no one told me about life. No one is equipped to tell you about life. They can warn you of what...
by Jay Tripp | May 17, 2017 | Advice for LGBTQ Adolescents, All Articles, LGBTQ Advice and Support, LGBTQ Family and Allies
Depression can wreak havoc on the lives of those it inflicts its awful pain upon. Depression is more than a feeling of despair that lasts for a day or so. It is greater than disappointment when things do not go as planned. It is an ongoing feeling of brokenness and...
by Jay Tripp | Apr 5, 2017 | Advice for LGBTQ Adolescents, All Articles, Coming Out, LGBTQ Advice and Support
The Real You…who exactly is that? One of my favorite childhood movies was The Mask, with Jim Carey. He had a scene where he pondered a conversation being had on the television. The commentator stated, “We all wear masks; everyone wears a mask, figuratively...
