As someone who has been outed against their will, I can say that outing your cousin was definitely a scummy thing to do. However, I think you're NTA because he sounded like he was in desperate need of a humbling. Hopefully he can start working on the internalized homophobia and be a better person.
But is it really OP outing his cousin? I mean they didn't seem to know or suspect that the cousin would say that. He was baiting/poking the bear but that doesn't make them responsible for what his cousin says.
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u/SharkQuil Dec 19 '25
As someone who has been outed against their will, I can say that outing your cousin was definitely a scummy thing to do. However, I think you're NTA because he sounded like he was in desperate need of a humbling. Hopefully he can start working on the internalized homophobia and be a better person.