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im a gay male seventeen year old junior living in california but im not yet out. im in the process of that actually. ive just recently told a good friend of mine and its all gone really well. my parents are aware of my sexuality and are perfectly accepting of it yet we dont talk about it because im not out. i want to tell everyone. i know that know one at my school has any suspicions and they would be surprised. the school is very small and liberal and i would be easily accepted despite the minority who would opose it. the real reason im afraid to come out is because of my younger brother who is sixteen. we arent very close and its mainly because he is overly uncompassionate and discriminitive in most everything that he says. hes always making jokes about people but is the type that cant take a joke himself. i know that he doesnt truelly mean the things that he says, but its the fact that he DOES say them that really matters. he says hurtful things about gays alot too, calls people fags and all, me included. and its because of that that i know he doesnt know about me. i dont know how he will react. school would be dificult for him i think to have a gay brother for his friends to tease him about. i think hed either take their side and disown me in a way, or turn on them and take my side because im his brother. i really have no idea. i dont know how to tell him and save our relationship, i hate him most the time, but hes my brother and i really dont know what id do with out him around. is this a normal situation? is how you can answer this, but really i want to know how to solve this problem.