So, here's the thing with kids, especially queer kids.
Generally, being awkward in this situation isn't something that comes naturally. They are taught the awkwardness.
And what you need to demonstrate to them is that you're allowed to be imperfect, and make mistakes with words and terms, and language, but that the mistakes are just habits, and that once you strip the habits away, you see each other for who they are. The habits will sort themselves out after that.