TACKLING THE TRUTH: COREY JOHNSON

This book is about a boy named Corey Johnson who has a secret that he keeps from his family and friends cause they think they won't love him. It all started when Corey was in the sixth gradeand that's when he relized that he was different from his male friends. His male friends were attracted to girls,but the bad thing was that he wasn't attracted to girls. When Corey was in high schoolnsomething big had made a huge impact on his life. When Corey's family was having a partyhis uncle pointed to a gay comedian and used a hateful gay slur his unlce said "Gay people were sick. When Corey heard this he got upset and went to the bathroom and cried then he got mad and he decided to fight back. So the next day he went to the teachers he could trust and told them. His teachers accepted Corey for who he was. The Corey found the strength to tell his parents. Corey's stepfather already knew cause he saw an email that Corey sent to a gay friend, but never told anyone. Corey's mom was surprised, but responded to him in a loving way. At school Corey told his gym teacher and his coach also understood and they finally decided to call a team meeting. Corey said "I wanted to let all of you guys know something about me", Corey said. "I am coming out as an openlygay student here at school. It was silence then Corey broke the silence by tell ing a joke he said "Besides who said you guys were good anyway. And after all of this had happen Corey feels good about himself and does not lt anybody get in his way and he doesn't let anybody judge him.