What to Do When You Learn a Brother/Sister is Gay

Contents:

• IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?
• IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
• 'MY BROTHER IS GAY'
• HIS BROTHER IS GAY; WHAT ARE HIS RPONSIBILI TOWARDS HIM?
• WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LEARN A BROTHER/SISTER IS GAY
• MY LTLE BROTHER IS GAY.. WHAT DO I DO?
• THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"
• HOW DO YOU RELATE TO A GAY FAY MEMBER?

IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?

If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay.

If you thk your brother is gay bee he watch a "girly" TV show or his voice sounds a certa way, that's relyg on stereotyp. If you live a particularly homophobic or transphobic area, discs safety plans wh the fay member se of vlence om others.

If your fay member has e out as gay or bisexual, accept that they will end up seeg someone of their own genr, and that's perfectly okay. Don't be aaid to rearch beg gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, or whatever your fay member me out as.

IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)

I thk he might be gay.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

If you saw your brother kissg another guy and he said he is not attracted to women, y, he is gay. How do I tell if a child is gay?

They might have a lack of tert the oppose sex if they’re homosexual or asexual. I have a gay brother and I hope this helps you figure out if your brother is gay ^_^ remember that outg people is not kd and that if your brother is gay, he will e out when he is ready! (A lot of the gays I know are really tall, LOL XD).

Do he talk a lot about gay people and the LGBT muny?

WE MAY KNOW WHY YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

If somethg is odd about your bro, like him actg spic around other boys - or somethg else that jt seems odd - take this quiz to fd out if he might be gay.

ya she gay i been cshg on her for a long time im gog to ask her out. Yeah my bro is gay 100%. omg he is gay?

'MY BROTHER IS GAY'

my bro is really gay. Omg I'm a girl and I'm only 11 and my bro is 9 I thk he is gay and why would he watch gay ?OR?? Ya he’s gay af.

HIS BROTHER IS GAY; WHAT ARE HIS RPONSIBILI TOWARDS HIM?

I’m gay too, and he’s really cute-.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LEARN A BROTHER/SISTER IS GAY

I have a guy iend who won't adm that he's gay but I'm a girl. Why n't jt be to work out if they're gay.

MY LTLE BROTHER IS GAY.. WHAT DO I DO?

Bee when I put no he don't stare at me that would make him be gay ( the sense of this quiz) but the quiz would terperate as he's straight if that mak sense at all? In 1996, the psychologists Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert published a paper ntendg that homosexualy was more mon men who had olr brothers.

"In [Wtern] societi, homosexual men are femized at var levels and they have more olr brothers than heterosexual men, " state the thors of the study. "To evaluate whether femy and the aternal birth orr effect are universal featur of male homosexual preference or not, we llected origal data om homosexual men, heterosexual men, and heterosexual women om Java (Indonia).

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

The rearchers examed data om 116 homosexual men and 62 heterosexual men om wtern and central Java. Consistent wh Blanchard and Bogaert's fdgs Wtern societi, they found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr brothers than heterosexual men.

To be specific, homosexual men their sample had an average of 0. Intertgly, the rearchers also found that homosexual men were more likely to have olr sisters, although this difference was smaller than the olr brother difference.

The rearchers then tted whether homosexualy was visible the facial featur of Indonians. Usg standardized photographs of heterosexual and homosexual Indonian men, the rearchers found that men wh olr brothers were perceived to have more feme facial featur than men whout olr brothers.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"

They did not, however, fd that homosexual men were any more femized their facial featur than heterosexual men. The thors wre, "Taken together, the rults suggt the prence of a femizg factor associated wh male homosexualy that is partially termed by male birth orr. Homosexualy has been a long-standg pot of nfn for evolutnary psychologists.

Male Homosexual Preference: Femy and the Olr Brother Effect Indonia. The more olr brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay when he grows up – an effect lled the “aternal birth orr effect”. They found that the mothers of gay sons wh olr brothers had the hight levels of antibodi agast this prote, followed by the mothers of gay sons wh no olr brothers.

“Given that the prote is known to be important synapse formatn, you n see how maternal antibodi might affect the wirg of the fetal bra, and that might expla why each subsequent son is more likely to grow up gay.

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO A GAY FAY MEMBER?

“The signifince of this prelimary observatn, if n be replited, is that intifi specific molecul the bra that may be important for heterosexual as well as homosexual velopment, ” says Dean Hamer, a pneer of rearchg the blogil termants of sexual orientatn. Read more: What do the new gay gen tell about sexual orientatn? First, my wife will be unhappy to learn our son is gay.

For help alg wh all this, ntact PFLAG, which giv valuable support to parents wh gay children.