my fraternal twin brother who I’ve never really been super close with and who was actually best friends with my bullies in middle school just told me he would still go to my wedding if I was marrying a dude and that he would PROUDLY be my best man and I’m trying not to cry.

This is the same boy who would furiously change the channel, if anything or anyone gay popped up. The same boy who was aware his own friends were spreading nasty rumors about me in school and didn’t stop it. The same boy who wouldn’t share a drink because I disgusted him.

like two years ago you never would’ve caught me in the same room as him. but the moment that changed everything was the day he came to apologize to me for the literal years of mistreatment and for (in his own fucking words) being a bad brother.

What really amazes me is he has made this progress on his own. My mom didn’t ask him to accept me. My dad didn’t tell him to apologize to me. It’s like one day he woke up! and remembered, we aren’t just brothers, we’re twins. He remembered that we came into this world together.

That we have a bond he can’t deny or hide or ruin. He decided on his own to love me, to fully accept me. I know this may mean absolutely nothing to most, if not all of you. But today my heart is so fucking full because it’s like i can actually breathe around him now you know?

gotta end this by saying if y’all have a someone who isn’t actively in your life due to your sexuality, wait on it. Don’t fight fire w/ fire. Be you & mind your own. They may be ignorant as fuck but I promise you one day they’ll wake up, think of you, and love will win. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍🌈" title="Rainbow flag" aria-label="Emoji: Rainbow flag">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">