The next time someone says that maybe the bully is gay himself, think about it. Justin Taylor’s bully was.
Like many teens, Justin Taylor was targeted by bullies. He was small and skinny, and it got so bad that he wanted to drop out.
Luckily, he got to go abroad as an exchange student for a year, and he came back a much more confident young man. He says:
I went and lived in France for a year and did high school there and saw that there was a big whole world out there full of people who care about me and that I can be whatever I am and there’s tons of room for it. … And I came back to little San Carlos walking taller, breathing better, and was doing Musical Comedy at school and even gave a graduation speech at the end of senior year. And then I found out a few years later that that guy, John, came out.
Yes. John, the bully. came out.
Originally posted at ImFromDriftwood.com. I’m From Driftwood envisions a world where every lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer person feels understood and accepted, and every straight person is an ally.