When I was in 6th grade and my sister in 8th, she would get made fun of real bad for coming out as gay, for two years that happened, and when her and I finally went to the same school, I'd see some of the taunting and laughing and I'd stand up for her as she would for me, but the school pinned us as bullies. That for standing up for ourselves we were horrible people, that we made others feel bad. The school never once took in out story, why? Because they had to uphold their "perfect status". So they'd rather two children be taunted and hurt and blamed then actually deal with the problem.  To this day, the school we went does nothing for children being bullied. Being pinned as a bully for standing up against one is the most obnoxious thing that has ever happened in my life, but the fact that it was my sister as well made it that much worse.