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

Contents:

• MATTHEW RHYS ON HIS 'REHG' GAY CHARACTER ON 'BROTHERS & SISTERS'
• BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS
• BROTHERS AND SISTERS REP: THE GAY DIVORCEE
• ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?
• WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LEARN A BROTHER/SISTER IS GAY
• BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

MATTHEW RHYS ON HIS 'REHG' GAY CHARACTER ON 'BROTHERS & SISTERS'

When actor Matthew Rhys was dng for the role of "Kev Walker, " a man who intifi as gay, ABC's " Brothers & Sisters, " he told HuffPost Live was a "rehg" character for him to enunter. He was one of the siblgs who happened to be gay and he was so clear about that. Before You GoFavore Gay TV CouplYou May Like.

Probably the origal gay brother on televisn, Jack is Andie’s younger siblg. In the Amerin one, when his olr brother Lip disvers a che of gay pornography the room they share, he first tri to set him up wh a girl.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

Though they are technilly not siblgs, Sarah Manng’s clone Cosima is openly gay throughout the show and is plenty of relatnships wh girls. And while Nate is g to terms wh the prospect of his own ath, David is stgglg to e to terms wh beg gay.

At the end of season one, the btal murr of a young gay man spurs him to e out of the closet. One of the most inic and long-lastg gay upl on televisn, Mchell and Cameron have, some ways, more of a functnal marriage than that of Mchell’s younger sister Claire and hband Phil.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS REP: THE GAY DIVORCEE

In season one, Gea reveals to Lily and Serena that Eric is gay. The Devil Wears Prada star Anne grew up wantg to be a nun, but qu Catholicism after her brother Michael me out as gay.

‘Material Girl’ sger and noted LGBTQ ally Madonna and her gay brother Christopher are known to have a rocky relatnship after he wrote a book, Life Wh My Sister Madonna, about her 2008.

The Mistn of Cameron Post star Chloe has not one, but two gay brothers. The star – who played a teen unrgog LGBTQ nversn therapy the aforementned film – told the NYT 2018: “Havg two gay brothers and growg up a natural advote for the LGBT muny, already played a very close, personal place my heart. In the piece, he paid tribute to his gay brother Eamon, sayg: “[He] didn’t choose to be gay.

ARE YOUNGER BROTHERS MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY?

In 2011, Maroon 5 ontman Adam Leve told Out of his gay brother Michael: “I n sgle-handly dispel any ias that sexualy is acquired.

My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two.

A lot of people don’t want their kid to be gay and will fight at all sts. Sis my sister is gay she uld rels [sic].

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

I do regnize myself as a bisexual male & do & have always openly supported the gay muny & will keep dog so 2017. Capta Ameri actor Chris’s gay brother Stt is also a succsful actor, wh screen creds cludg One Life To Live and Grace and Frankie. Gay.

However, seemed like I was fdg some of the boys sexy and appealg and wh time I knew that I was gay.

Also, he was the first to unrstand that I was gay, whout me ever tellg him and I rpected the fact that he never forced me to discs the matter.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GAYS AND LBIANS

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.

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.