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For the first time ever, Joey is openg up about his journey to self-acceptance his memoir <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>In Real Life: My Journey to a Pilated World</em></a> and tellg the world somethg major: he's gay, and he's ready to live his life whout any secrets.</p><p>When we ught up wh Joey, he told his childhood was a stggle not only bee of his mom's alholism, but the nstant bullyg he had to endure. "My mom beme an alholic when I was 12 years old. It kd of tore our fay apart, and I stepped to the role of beg a parent. It was a lot for me to handle on my own, and bee I kept everythg , weighed so much on me," he shar. "Bee was only my mom, my sister, and I growg up, I felt a lot safer wh girls and had a lot of female tennci. When that translated to how I acted at school, I got teased."</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Joey says he nstantly felt like he had to act a certa way, and beme a ser stggle as he got to middle school. "I didn't feel like I f wh any particular group—I was always the odd man out. My most feared day school was when teachers would tell to partner up and I wouldn't have a partner," he says. "I felt like I had to act more mascule to please other people. It was a hard stggle to al wh. People lled me 'gay' and 'a girl.' When you're growg up, that's so paful. But then you e to your own and accept yourself for who you are, and this book fely go to that."</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>Joey mak very clear his memoir that you "shouldn't ever have to feel bad about yourself" for lovg who you love and hop rears stgglg wh siar issu will be able to relate to his story. "You don't have to be a victim of your circumstanc. You n get out of that suatn and be ee. Move away, work hard. It's possible," he says.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="ht7pzl"></div></div><p>On shelv today, Joey's book is lettg his fans see a totally new si of him, and the excerpt below is credibly important to his story.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p><strong>Chapter 15: Datg and Rejectn</strong></p><p>This is my first time g out public, and I'm proud and relieved to be fally tellg you all. Ever sce I first appeared on YouTube, my sexualy has been the biggt qutn anyone ever had about me. It was tratg, pecially when I was younger, bee while I knew on some level that I had csh on guys as well as girls, I was nowhere near ready to fully adm to myself or my iends. Pl, I wanted people to foc on the thgs I was creatg, not whether I wanted to kiss boys.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="9jre3o"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="j7szd"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>I thk another big reason took me so long to e out to my iends—and now you—is that I was teased about beg feme so much when I was a kid. Part of me felt that nfsg that I was gay would be validatg all of the jerks who ever bullied me. Beg lled gay as an sult had left me emotnally srred. And although I knew I would probably never speak to any of those kids aga my life, I still felt that I had to stand my ground agast them. When me right down to , I jt didn't want to be gay. And part of me was trated that jt bee I acted feme, everyone tomatilly assumed I was gay. Sure, was te, but I didn't want to feed to a stereotype jt bee I was actg a way that me naturally to me.</p><p>So I ntued to avoid and ignore the qutn. My life is so public as is, and I need somethg of my own that I uld keep for myself, pecially after I moved out to Los Angel and first got the guts up to start explorg my sexualy.</p><p>It's strange to live wh knowledge about yourself that you believe is never gog to bee part of your actual physil life. For a long time, I genuely believed that I would always like girls and keep my boy csh this ty ltle place the back of my head. But pretty much as soon as I moved to Los Angel and faced a whole world of datg possibili, I fally had to own up to the fact that there is a HUGE difference between thkg a girl is pretty and beg sexually attracted to her.</p><p>Before I uld e out to my iends, though, I had to e out to myself. Sce I was already aware of those feelgs me, wasn't some big flash of light, but a very gradual procs of gettg fortable wh the fact that the hidn thoughts were beg domant. (And tthfully, all the manly LA eye ndy probably helped speed thgs along.)</p><p>In addn to wantg to keep part of my life private, another big reason that took me so long to publicly e out is that I know there are people who look to me as a role mol. I take that rponsibily serly, and I didn't want to announce somethg that I was still figurg out for myself. If there were closeted kids watchg my vios and they need a posive figure to look to, I wasn't the right person for a long time. I still had a lot of learng and growg to do on my own before I uld offer any kd of advice to someone else.</p><p>I'm now a place my life where I'm proud to be who I am, and I'm tired of hidg and beg aaid to share certa experienc. I want to be a person others n look up to and help teach others that likg the same sex is a normal thg. That's jt how you were created, and there is no shame that. I don't ever want anyone to have to feel aaid or feel the need to pretend to be someone they're not. I know firsthand how excciatg that n be, and 's important to remember that while we live a time where 's easy to say thgs like, "Beg gay is no big al," a lot of people still aren't yet fortable wh who they are. It's a lite place to be, and my advice to anyone stgglg wh that md-set is to take thgs at your own pace. 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Teens" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl clSLtF summary-em__ntent"><div class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX jCrIBQ bric SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Style</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM gxGu summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fMpli summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">55 Fun and Creative Halloween Costume Ias for Teens</div></div></div></a><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gETtIb byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd hXReUT gnILss byle__preamble">By </span>Lren Harano</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ RecircMostPopularSummaryItem-jQxxiw dabqgR ad ad--asi"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--asi" data-no-id="oixut"></div></div></li></ul><div class="RecircMostPopularFooter-enPjgs gvTU"></div></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="nady2a"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa XtZXd body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>If your feelgs for the same sex are gettg stronger, try askg yourself what would take for you to be ready to tell other people. Are you wag to fall to a relatnship first, or do you jt want to ga a ltle experience? That's fe, but I thk some people get too ught up that wag game. They feel that they already need to have someone their life before g out to fay and iends, as if havg a pann validat the fact to others. It don't. Remember that the only person you should be tryg to make happy while g out is yourself.</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p><em>Copyright © 2015 by Joey Graceffa om IN REAL LIFE published by Keywords Prs/Atria Books, a divisn of Simon & Schter, Inc.</em></p><p>Add bon: Joey also me out the sweett mic vio ever, as seen below.</p><figure data-ttid="IameEmbed" class="IameEmbedWrapper-sc-dRedg hZiq iame-embed"><div data-ttid="IameEmbedContaer" class="IameEmbedContaer-hptgUZ klnuGZ"><div class="IameEmbedAspectRatWrapper-hFVJps kaOLzO"><iame class="IameEmbedContent-cMdiev csnuAY IameEmbedContent lazyload" height="338" width="600" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-popups allow-same-orig" tle="Embedd Frame" data-src=" allow="toplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-wre; toplay; fullscreen; picture--picture"></iame></div></div></figure><p><strong>Related:</strong></p><p><a href=">How One Gay Teen and His 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ArticlePageContentFooterGrid-ccsXYy eMZRHU article-body__footer"><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div data-ttid="TagCloudWrapper" class="TagCloudWrapper-gGgndx ctyZyK ContentFooterTagCloud-krQmRG ZLGh"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ TagCloudSectnHear-cOforY iUEiRd dJexbZ kQQRmu">Keywords</span><a href="/tag/iendship" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM TagCloudLk-kvjZFu iUEiRd bbbwVd CVSfo hIhJOI"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ TagCloudName-eAUnLd iUEiRd iXXbhe bUkXwu">iendship</span></a><a 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class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX fiYQJA bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Inty</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM hlgoFI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-1" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fOAWJi summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">5 Young People Expla how They Navigate In-Betweenns</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd eBANPJ iponZO summary-em__k">As g hman shift om middle to high school, and high school to llege, they reflect on the time between.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY dhnQGM 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class="RubricWrapper-dKmCNX fiYQJA bric bric--disvery SummaryItemRubric-dguGKN lapGFj summary-em__bric"><span class="RubricName-fVtemz cLxcNi">Polics</span></div><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM hlgoFI summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-2" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ fOAWJi summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">YouTube Wanted to Be Democratizg; What Will It Do To The 2024 Electns?</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd eBANPJ iponZO summary-em__k">"When you have the largt muny on Earth and s centive is ad-based, that has all kds of repercsns," says Alex Wter.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi hYsZi summary-em__byle-date-in"><div 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