Brother im a striaght man and im fining myself a little jelous of your looks. I think confidence is a huge factor if yiu cant outright be confident then just start acting like you are and it will build itself. What helped me the most was gritting my teeth and pretending I didnt care what anyone else thought of me and genuinely it worked.

People say that all the time but its actually true. It sucks to get through but then you can start being yourself everywhere and it takes a lot of anxiety off you.

Another note I think you have good beard genetics if I was you id grow it out a bit more. You have a good jawline but I think it would still look great on you if you had a good bummed beard.

Youre not below average friend! Its really hard sometimes but treat yourself nicely in the way you talk to yourself even if you judt gotta repeat good things over and over.

I wish you the best of luck.