My brother claims to have kissed another boy in his grade as a dare. This happened 3 months ago and he’s still being teased about it. Doesn’t help that he hasn’t kissed any girls and most of his friends have, so those stupid kids have latched onto this to make fun. He’s like me when I was that age…I was shy and got zero attention from the opposite gender. He’s been friends with this other boy since he was 4, but the friendship has been sorta on the rocks the last year or 2, as his friend is “cool” now. He goes to parties and has had “girlfriends”, plays basketball. My brother has never been to a party and plays games like Dark Souls. I have no doubt he’ll be well liked once he leaves our cliquey, judgmental village foe college as he’s a very bubbly, polite kid.
He seems quite down about it. We recently brought his “cool” friend on a trip to the city and my brother told me he’s “so worried” he’ll lose his friend because he still thinks the vibe is off and he thinks he’s better than my brother etc. I’m certain that’s all BS, but he’s upset that the guys at school said they were gay together. He was almost crying. Frankly, I’m shocked kids are so homophobic still, in college no one bats an eye. I reassured my brother I don’t give a toss if he’s bi or gay (just in case the “dare” thing isn’t true) and that no one worth knowing ever will but that just bothered him more became he isn’t even bi. What should I do? I feel out of my depth here.
TLDR: my little brother claims to have kissed a boy as a dare. He’s being teased and is worried he’s going to lose his best friend. How do I help?
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I am sorry, op. With your brother’s permission, you need to talk to the principal to ask for help with the bullying. If your brother is okay with it, talk to his friend. He seems like a somewhat popular kid. He can help to stop the bullying easily.