LoveMe is a series featuring LGBTQ thought leaders reading personal letters to their younger selves.

James Brown III is from Orange County, CA. For the last 13 years, he has had a successful acting and modeling career and appeared on Broadway, TV, and film. He's currently the creative director and fashion editor of Broadway Style Guide, a website highlighting personal style in the theater industry. Here, watch as Brown tells his younger self that his Orange County high school bubble isn’t a representation of the rest of the world.