Or do oyu know someone who does have tha kind of trouble from being gay? Because one of My Best friends are gay, and he has a tough time with people making fun at him.
We go to a very small school with a bunch of "hicks" (no offense...) and they all make fun of him for it. He;s really tough about it, he says he doesn't get offended by it and just ignores it, but i can tell it gets to him sometimes. Any advise?
2006-10-09 10:16:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Stick up for him if you can. My best friend came out while I was in the closet and I defended him all the time from people who picked on him. We went to a "hick" school (out in the boonies, nearest Wal-Mart 15 minutes away) and he never had too much of a problem, though it did happen once in a while and I just defended him as much as I could.
2006-10-09 17:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can not speak for your friend, but I grew up in a private school environment where anyone or anything perceived as different in any way could really be made to suffer for it.
I have been fortunate in the sense that I am not overly camp or effeminate not do I feel I need to make any political point from my sexuality. However it was picked up on in school and there was alot of 'subtle' points that eventually led to a crescendo when I was about 16. Then I shocked people at school by dating the captain of the football team. It was one of the most open, healthy and honest relationships the both of us have ever had. By that point in our lives we felt that we did not need to be ashamed or apologise. In many respects the relationship was so non threatening and 'normal' that after the initial whispers and occasional outbursts people didn't even realise or make a thing out of it. Some of the girls were jealous, as they knew they would never have him. I think because we were sure of ourselves in a way alot of 16 year olds aren't, people didn't have anything to make a real meal out of.
So really the best advice I would or could give your friend is be true to yourself and in the end you'll always come good no matter what anyone else says or does.
2006-10-09 17:29:19 · answer #2 · answered by waggy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I also went to a hick school. My senoir year the administration accidentally outed a transman there. He was harrassed so bad he left and changed schools that day. If I would have found out about it then instead of months later, I would have opened a couple of minds the painful way, but that might not be the most legal idea...
2006-10-09 20:30:21 · answer #3 · answered by carora13 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i haven't told anybody at school yet except my friend. but tell them if they are that interested in teasing him about being gay, they must be gay themselves cause they sure like to talk about it alot. or something like that. thats what i would do. but i don't know the people who tease him. they might get ticked off really easy and that little saying might make them hurt him or something and i don't want that.
2006-10-09 17:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by boombox 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I haven't came out yet as a bisexual. But there are a lot of GLBT students here and they get treated really badly becuase people make up rumors about them and call them names.
2006-10-09 17:29:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well i have been picked on because of my pyshical appearance. i was fat and hunched. but today i am thin and pretty much better looking and not hunched anymore.
but as for my sexuality, the kids did assume i was gay. some even asked me, but i am Bisexual and i rather not tell them because hell, i hated them.
2006-10-09 17:20:20 · answer #6 · answered by mystic_lonewolf22 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋