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12-Year-Old Boy Becomes Instant Legend After Expertly Calling Out Gamer Friend's Homophobia

12-Year-Old Boy Becomes Instant Legend After Expertly Calling Out Gamer Friend's Homophobia
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Anybody who has played multiplayer games online with the voice chat function has heard someone say something homophobic, sexist, racist, transphobic or otherwise laden in ignorance and bigotry.

Most often we assume it's some 12-year-old just using their new favorite words. Very rarely is there any pushback in the moment.


Unless you're TikToker @bummblebeeduo__'s younger brother, whom she captured on video openly criticizing a fellow player who used homophobic language during an online session.

@bummblebeeduo__ I'm glad he's starting to learn from my civil rights rants. ##hestryinghisbest #homophobia ##brothers
♬ original sound - LittleCanary

"So you just blatantly admit to being homophobic?" the kid says, talking to an unheard player on the other side of his headset.

"You know that this means that I automatically don't like you because that's really f**ked up?"

The gamer takes long pauses in between each statement, presumably to give the people on the other side a chance to explain.

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Shortly after, the young man goes on to clarify his sister, who is filming the exchange, is a lesbian and he won't stand for homophobia over the voice chat.

In a second video he tears into them further for not supporting LGBTQ+ people. He then finds himself on the defensive about trans people in close to no time.


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According to The Daily Dot, unfortunately, the conversation between the young man and his friend did not go constructively and both kids were "pissed off" by the end.

But they still had hope.

"It's not that difficult to explain these things to kids. A lot of younger kids, after you explain these things to them, are way more polite and will follow pronouns more than older adults."

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The siblings have created a CashApp account for themselves and are encouraging donations to LGBTQ+ youth organizations such as The Trevor Project and For Fox Sake.

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