My (half) brother’s dad is having trouble accepting the fact that my brother was raped?

Question by Chilli is good: My (half) brother’s dad is having trouble accepting the fact that my brother was raped?
My little brother is 14. He recently came out and told us that he has been being molested by his step-father since he was 9 or 10. He only told us this after he fell during a sports thing in PE and he had to go the hospital (where they found self-injury marks) and he had to explain himself. My brother’s been a handful these past few years with sex, drugs, and drinking (though now I understand why). He hasn’t had a lot of contact with his real father (they only met when he was 12 and his dad lives out of the country). However, since his sexual abuse has come out in the open, his dad’s had a real hard time taking it. Also, his dad’s family are more looking for this molestation as a “reason” as to why my brother’s bisexual (thinking that the abuse “made” him that way) and I’m sure it does nothing emotionally for my brother to have to defend his sexuality to them during this time. His dad’s acting weird around him now and will barely speak to him. How can me and my mom convince them to be more supportive of him? THanks.
Sereena, no, his father wasn’t sexually abused.

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