Family Wears Lipstick to Support Bullied Cousin

My cousin, 9, is the most “effeminate” in the house. Let’s call him Little Cuz. Loves to paint nails, wear lipcolour, learn home science! But in this stereotypical alpha male-centric household he’s often the pivot of jokes. Today he applied lipcolour & got called a “chakka” (1/n) pic.twitter.com/mZ2FplPNyP
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 18, 2018

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She enlisted the help of her brother and younger cousin to make Little Cuz feel more supported by wearing the same shade of lipstick proudly.

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"We had to call out to him since he was under the bed and say, 'Look, we're all wearing lip colour!' He peeped out and saw my brother wearing it and smiled," said Diksha. "He saw the cousins around us clapping so he slowly slid out from under the bed and posed for us, too."

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But there was only one problem: Little Cuz's lipstick had completely smeared while he was trying to wipe it off. Thankfully, Diksha was there to help him reapply. "His comfort meter went up slowly with time and in a while he was flaunting the lipstick to other people in the house."

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And although some of the male elders in the family weren't exactly jumping for joy at Little Cuz's newfound confidence, Diksha is happy he's finally able "to be comfortable in his self-expression and not be ashamed to share his opinion."

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As the tweet picked up more speed, people around the world rallied behind Little Cuz.

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