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Contents:

• WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LEARN A BROTHER/SISTER IS GAY
• LONI ANRSON TALKS NEW S "MY SISTER IS SO GAY" AND CIVIL RIGHTS (AUDIO)
• MY SISTER IS SO GAY
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LEARN A BROTHER/SISTER 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.

LONI ANRSON TALKS NEW S "MY SISTER IS SO GAY" AND CIVIL RIGHTS (AUDIO)

Don't be aaid to rearch beg gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, or whatever your fay member me out as. I thk he might be gay.

MY SISTER IS SO GAY

If you saw your brother kissg another guy and he said he is not attracted to women, y, he is gay.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE 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. There are many factors that may terme how siblgs react to your g out as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr: their age, their relatnship wh you, matury level, parental fluence, relig views, and so on. 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. 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.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

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.

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.