Any advice on coming out to my parents?

[Jenny A]

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I gather you are more worried about hurting your parents or making life difficult for your brother anything else about coming out?  If so I like the simply distancing yourself idea.

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  However, I would think through in advance how you are going to handle it when your parents ask you about your brother, because that is probably going to happen.

I would advise him to say that they should ask his brother what he believes.  He can say he is not a mind reader, and so if they want to know what his brother his thinking, it would be better to ask him.  I would absolutely not tell my parents what my brother believes in such cases.  Besides, one's brother could change his mind since the last time he said anything, so the information might be out of date anyway.

It is not for him to decide whether or not his brother comes out.  That should be his brother's decision.

I didn't suggest he out his brother.  He said his brother planned on outing himself.  When his brother outs himself, his folks will likely ask questions.  He should be prepared for that.