At the beginning of the sixth grade, a family friend of mine, Josh, began to realize that he had feelings for another boy. Josh knew that he would not be accepted, so he kept it a secret. Whenever I talked to Josh, he said that he had been in denial of his feelings for so long because he knew that judgement would come with it. After keeping it a secret for so long Josh had finally told someone because of a friend that he made, Megan. Megan has a family member that was going through a similar “problem”, that’s what Josh calls it. Nobody understood why Josh was so secretive, until the day he told everyone. He shared his story at assemblies, group gatherings of the LGBTQIA community and to those that did not support him. Not only did he get support