Corey Johnson, a high school football star, had privately realized that he was gay, and decided he needed for his teammates to know about it. Although his family feared how the students would react, Corey called a meeting of the football team, and came out to the assembled players.

As social attitudes change, more and more people, and at younger ages, are comfortable discussing their sexuality. Corey's experience, in a suburban school in Massachusetts, may be increasingly typical for gay teens coming out.

Please watch the following video clip and answer the corresponding follow-up questions.

Corey Johnson

1			As the team reacted to Corey's "secret", what kinds of feelings did they express? Were you surprised at the positive reaction the football players described?
2			If you had been Corey, would you have taken the steps he did? Why do you think coming out is so important to him?