My brother (17M) and I (19F) are both queer. He wants me to cut out my best friend (19F), who thinks being gay is a sin.

Yeah, I totally get where my brother is coming from on this, and normally I'd agree with you. But Jane's made huge efforts to change for me. She doesn't act like she loves me in spite of me being bi, she acts like her hang ups about me being bi are an issue that she needs to overcome. And I know it's hard for her because of her religion, but she makes a huge effort. She reads a lot of LGBT literature and tries to educate herself. She told off her dad when he overheard me say something about my gf and said something rude (BIG DEAL, because her parents are abusive).

I mean, I don't expect my bro to like her; whatever. I'm just kind of confused as to what changed, because he loved her as much as I did until now, and if she did or said something to him I want to know because that's not okay and I would actually cut her off for that.

Anyways, she really has struggled to reconcile her beliefs with her being friends with me, and I know it has gotten her in trouble a couple of times. Her religion is a big deal to her but she's been questioning it in part because she has a hard time reconciling me and my bro with "sinners". But if I ever, ever felt like she was treating my sexuality like something I need to fix, I'd end the friendship.

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