Are Younger Brothers More Likely to Be Gay? | Psychology Today

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• 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
• IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?
• WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY BROTHER IS GAY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MATTHEW THARRETTMAY 1, 2015/12:11 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTMAY 1, 2015 / 12:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY BROTHER IS GAY?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-05-01T16:11:21.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-05-01T16:11:21.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS WEEK'S REDD GEM OM AN ANONYMO 17-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHO DISVERED HIS 12-YEAR-OLD BROTHER MAY BE GAY AFTER RIFLG THROUGH HIS IPHONE WHOUT PERMISSN:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IM 17 AND MY LTLE BROTHER IS 12YRS OLD AND IS CURRENTLY MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SHY AND SLIGHTLY SOCIALLY AWKWARD, BUT LATELY HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. HE HAS DROPPED ALL OF HIS HOBBI AND NOW PLAYS VIO GAM EVERY CHANCE HE GETS. BEE OF THIS HE DOSEN'T HAVE VERY MANY IENDS AND HAS GAED A NSIRABLE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT. I AM WORRIED THAT HE WONT GROW OUT OF THIS PHASE ANYTIME SOON IF AT ALL. I STARTED WONRG IF HE HAD ANY IENDS SO ONE DAY I LOOKED THROUGH HIS TEXT MSAG ON HIS IPHONE. HE ONLY HAD LIKE SIX NTANCTS CLUDG ME AND OUR PARENTS. I FOUND A KID HIS AGE OM SCHOOL WHO HE WAS TALKG TOO AND SHOCKED ME. MY LTLE BROTHER WAS TRYG TO NVCE THE KID TO "SEXT" HIM AND THE KID KEPT RPONDG "NO THATS GAY LOL". HE THEN LATER SENT THE KID A LK TO A PORN SE. IS MY LTLE BROTHER ACTUALLY GAY? ULD THAT BE THE REASON HE IS BEG SO DISNNECTED OM THE RT OF OUR FAY? ULD JT BE A PHASE? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHOULD I TALK TO HIM ABOUT ?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 17-YEAR-OLD, WHO POSTED HIS THOUGHTS WH A TEMPORARY THROWAWAY ACUNT APRIL, SCRIB HIS YOUNGER BROTHER EXHIBG ALL THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS OF PRSN (WHDRAWG OM SOCIAL SETTGS, DROPPG IENDS, LOSG TERT HOBBI).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: GAY KIDS WHO COME OUT AT SCHOOL ARE HAPPIER, STUDY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVERLOOKG THE, HE THEN ASSUM WHAT'S 'WRONG' WH HIS BROTHER IS NOT PRSN, 'S THAT HE MT BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"COULD BE A PHASE?" HE ASKS. "SHOULD I TALK TO HIM ABOUT ?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SANE MENTER RPONDS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF HE IS GAY AND PRSED THIS IS PROBABLY A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR HIM AND IF YOU WERE TO SAY ANYTHG TO HIM SHOULD BE 100% SUPPORTIVE AND NON-NONTATNAL, ALG WH THE ISSU AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE IS STRSFUL ENOUGH. SCE YOU'RE POSTG HERE I ASSUME YOU ONLY WANT THE BT FOR HIM, SO MY ADVICE IS TO JT BE THERE FOR HIM AND KEEP AN EYE ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

IS MY BROTHER GAY? QUIZ (BOYS ONLY)

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.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

I thk he might 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. 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.

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

Yeah my bro is gay 100%. omg he is gay?

IS YOUR BROTHER 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.

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HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SHY AND SLIGHTLY SOCIALLY AWKWARD, BUT LATELY HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. HE HAS DROPPED ALL OF HIS HOBBI AND NOW PLAYS VIO GAM EVERY CHANCE HE GETS. BEE OF THIS HE DOSEN'T HAVE VERY MANY IENDS AND HAS GAED A NSIRABLE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT. I AM WORRIED THAT HE WONT GROW OUT OF THIS PHASE ANYTIME SOON IF AT ALL. I STARTED WONRG IF HE HAD ANY IENDS SO ONE DAY I LOOKED THROUGH HIS TEXT MSAG ON HIS IPHONE. HE ONLY HAD LIKE SIX NTANCTS CLUDG ME AND OUR PARENTS. I FOUND A KID HIS AGE OM SCHOOL WHO HE WAS TALKG TOO AND SHOCKED ME. MY LTLE BROTHER WAS TRYG TO NVCE THE KID TO "SEXT" HIM AND THE KID KEPT RPONDG "NO THATS GAY LOL". HE THEN LATER SENT THE KID A LK TO A PORN SE. IS MY LTLE BROTHER ACTUALLY GAY? ULD THAT BE THE REASON HE IS BEG SO DISNNECTED OM THE RT OF OUR FAY? ULD JT BE A PHASE? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHOULD I TALK TO HIM ABOUT ?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 17-YEAR-OLD, WHO POSTED HIS THOUGHTS WH A TEMPORARY THROWAWAY ACUNT APRIL, SCRIB HIS YOUNGER BROTHER EXHIBG ALL THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS OF PRSN (WHDRAWG OM SOCIAL SETTGS, DROPPG IENDS, LOSG TERT HOBBI).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: GAY KIDS WHO COME OUT AT SCHOOL ARE HAPPIER, STUDY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVERLOOKG THE, HE THEN ASSUM WHAT'S 'WRONG' WH HIS BROTHER IS NOT PRSN, 'S THAT HE MT BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"COULD BE A PHASE?" HE ASKS. "SHOULD I TALK TO HIM ABOUT ?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SANE MENTER RPONDS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF HE IS GAY AND PRSED THIS IS PROBABLY A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR HIM AND IF YOU WERE TO SAY ANYTHG TO HIM SHOULD BE 100% SUPPORTIVE AND NON-NONTATNAL, ALG WH THE ISSU AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE IS STRSFUL ENOUGH. SCE YOU'RE POSTG HERE I ASSUME YOU ONLY WANT THE BT FOR HIM, SO MY ADVICE IS TO JT BE THERE FOR HIM AND KEEP AN EYE ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

I’m gay too, and he’s really cute-. 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.

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).