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

I don't mean your actual brother, I mean your bt iend. 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. * brother is 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)

T.J. Osborne, who publicly shared for the first time Febary that he is gay, kissed boyiend Abi Ventura after his CMA Awards w was announced. * brother is 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. As a rult, many aterny brothers and sorory sisters more than likely have never knowgly enuntered someone who is gay, lbian, or bisexual and/or may not know what to do when they learn a brother/sister is gay. Such lack of knowledge and preparatn perpetuat the ignorance and fear surroundg homosexualy and jeopardiz brotherhood/sisterhood for both gay and straight aterny brothers and sorory sisters.

T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND

* brother is gay *

This list provis some suggted ias to keep md when a aterny brother or sorory sister learns that another brother/sister is gay, some remendatns on what you need to do when you learn that a Brother/Sister is Gay. Rpect his/her choice to tell you by lettg him/her know you will not tell anyone he/she is gay. How long have you known that you were gay?

Do other brothers/sisters or iends know that you are gay?

A aterny brother/sorory sister is spected or perceived to be gay…. Remember that your brother/sister may be gay, but he/she may not be ready to acknowledge this to himself/herself or others.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

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!: P If you want to e this quiz for your iends and not brother, that's okay, but I n't guarantee that 'll be as accurate XD * brother is gay *

Be supportive of your brother/sister, possibly brg up gay topics to munite that you would be a person wh whom he/she n talk. Unrstand that your brother/sister may not be gay.

Your Brother/Sister may need support to al wh shameful feelgs that someone the fay is gay. They will also need assistance nouncg and bullyg their peers when others fd out that they have a gay or lbian siblg. As a siblg, here’s a list of what NOT to do when you already know you have a gay brother/sister:.

TELLG FRIENDS AND RELATIV ABOUT A CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY

T.J. Osborne, the lead volist of Brothers Osborne, the band he formed wh his brother John Osborne, has publicly shared for the first time that he is gay. * brother is gay *

Do not be aaid to ask qutns about beg gay and/or about his/her g out procs. Accept her as beg gay.

Do not be ashamed or fail to fend a brother/sister who is gay if, otherwise, he/she is a good sister. Do not be aaid to e the word gay/lbian or bisexual, and do not ignore him/her when he/she brgs up gay topics. Do not try to rtrict the brother’s/sister’s eedom to share beg gay and/or to be a public role mol.

Lead by example, and remember that there are gay men/women every hoe.

IS YOUR BROTHER GAY?

Men wh olr brothers are more likely to be gay, acrdg to a study om Universy of Toronto rearchers. The reason may be the maternal immune hypothis. * brother is gay *

Do not kick your brother/sister out of the aterny/sorory for beg gay.

Do not be aaid to approach a gay brother/sister if you thk his/her actns are appropriate.

Hold a gay brother/sister to the same standards as all brothers/sisters.

T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY

Revised om Out on Fraterny Row: Personal Acunts of Beg Gay a College Fraterny, eded by Shane L. How Olr Brothers Influence HomosexualyHomosexualy might be partly driven by a mother’s immune rponse to her male fet—which creas wh each son she MacGregor / RtersHere’s what we know: Homosexualy is normal.

Between 2 and 11 percent of human adults report experiencg some homosexual feelgs, though the figure vari wily pendg on the survey. Homosexualy exists across cultur and even throughout the animal kgdom, as the thors of a mammoth new review paper on homosexualy wre. Female Japane maqu will even pete tersexually wh mal for exclive accs to female sexual ’s what we don’t know: What, specifilly, someone to bee gay, straight, or somethg between.

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Part of the explanatn is geic, but bee most intil tws of gay people are straight, heredy don’t expla “why” qutn is important bee “there is a strong rrelatn between beliefs about the origs of sexual orientatn and tolerance of non-heterosexualy, ” acrdg to the report thors, who are om seven universi spanng the globe. (When Atlantic ntributor Chandler Burr proposed his 1996 book, A Separate Creatn, that people are born gay, Southern Baptists lled to boytt Disney films and parks prott agast the publisher, Disney subsidiary Hypern. ) It shouldn’t matter whether people “choose” to be gay, but polilly, do—at least for of the most nsistent environmental explanatns for homosexualy is lled the “aternal birth orr effect.

” Essentially, the more olr brothers a man has, the more likely he is to be gay.

MEN WH OLR BROTHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY, STUDY SUGGTS

Studi have found that a man whout olr brothers has about a 2 percent chance of beg gay, but one wh four olr brothers has a 6 percent chance. Average prevalence 2013 (Sav-Williams and Vrangalova)Acrdg to the report, Blanchard now plans to tt mothers of gay and straight men for the prence of the antibodi. If proved out, fetal birth orr uld do a lot to fill the missg explanatns for homosexualy.

But gaps will rema, such as why some firstborn sons are gay, why some intil tws of gay sons are straight, and why women are gay, to name jt a review-paper thors do le out one explanatn for homosexualy, however: That tolerance for gay people enurag more people to bee gay. “Homosexual orientatn do not crease equency wh social tolerance, although s exprsn ( behavr and open intifitn) may do so, ” they reasong—that a tolerant society somehow enurag homosexualy to flourish—has been ed to support anti-gay legislatn Uganda, Rsia, and elsewhere. The laws do margalize and shame gay people, the thors wre.

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%.

HAVG OLR BROTHERS CREAS MEN’S LIKELIHOOD OF BEG GAY

omg he 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.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

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?

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

Osborne, who publicly shared for the first time Febary that he is gay, kissed his boyiend Abi Ventura after the w was announced whle his brother kissed his wife, Lucie Silvas. "While there are many other openly gay artists and songwrers currently workg untry mic, cludg Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Brooke En, Shane McAnally and Lily Rose, Osborne is one of the most proment.

"It kd of gave the msage that maybe people that are gay or LGBTQ really, tly still aren't that accepted this state, " T. What is like to have a siblg who is gay or lbian?

Based on the ltle b of rmatn available, seems that siblgs may share the stigma of their gay brothers and lbian sisters. They may have to pe wh tnts om peers, which clu accatns that they, too, are gay. In my own study of 65 gay youth and their fai, young Ain-Amerin men talked about how their brothers and other male relativ felt they were addg to society's already negative image of black manhood.

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

Like parents, their brothers also felt they had to fd ways to handle their peers' homophobic ments and behavrs. Si by Si: On Havg a Gay or Lbian Siblg by Andrew Gottlieb is a sensive, sightful anthology nsistg of says wrten by siblgs of lbians and gays who discs how they, too, bee objects of abe and tolerance, sharg the stigma of their gay siblgs.

However, like some fortunate parents, people who learn their siblgs are lbian or gay n fd ways to grow and ga new perspectiv. Several of the ntributors to this volume discsed how they formed pecially close bonds wh their gay brothers and sisters and, like some of the parents my study, veloped new, more tolerant worldviews that enriched their liv.

The pcy of available rmatn about siblgs of gay and lbian youth do not mean their issu are small or unimportant. Sisters and brothers might need help pg wh feelgs of shame that they have someone gay the fay.

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

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