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The Girly Boy

I think my 5-year-old nephew is
probably gay. Most of the reasons are superficial (he says that Zac
Efron is cute), but I also have a hunch. If he is gay, it’s cool by me.
The problem is my brother also thinks his son might be gay and he is
NOT cool with it. He’s “nice” about it, but he has taken to prohibiting
most of the things my nephew loves to do: putting on makeup, watching
and dancing along to musicals with vampy women (like Chicago), playing
dress-up. My nephew can tell that his dad thinks there is something
shameful about his doing these things, but asks me in the most
heartbreaking way if we can do those things when we’re at my house and
not tell his dad.

Question 1: Is it even possible to tell the
sexual preference of a child so young?

Question 2: Is it wrong for me to indulge...

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