I admit that any perceived difference will always attract bullying, but I don’t believe that sexual orientation is such a big thing anymore. Perhaps it is where you live, but when people ‘come out’, I believe it’s not seen as the big deal it once was. I hope your granddaughter doesn’t suffer from bullying at school, but I think you would be surprised how many people are openly bisexual or homosexual. For their generation it isn’t a big thing like it was when I was younger, I am 37, and I remember how it was huge in the nineties. Telling her family is important as she wants to know that you will always love and accept her and she’s also probably trying out how telling people goes. I understand how you would wish for her life to be perfect and free from problems, we all want that for our kids and grandkids but in reality we all know that life isn’t like that. Life is about struggle and hard times. It’s what you learn from it and the person it shapes you into that matters. Giving her a loving supportive home is all she really needs and it sounds like you are all doing that. If she didn’t have that she wouldn’t feel able to talk to her parents about this. It’s hard to watch your child or grandchild becoming an adult and perhaps not choosing the path you would have wanted for them. The hardest thing is to not judge or criticize their decisions but to listen. Sounds like you are doing it. Congratulations.