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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This may have nothing to do with gender at all. He may be gay. Or he may be a straight boy who likes unicorns. [/quote]
+1 He is probably gay, OP.  Your story reminds me of my friend's boy.  From the time he was just walking, he was finding her clothes (sparkly ones) and I remember he came over and found a pink boa and ran around with it.  When he was older, he was painting his nails. He's in HS now and came out.  It was no surprise to any of us.  And once they've figured it out, many kids (and adults) seem to stop gravitating to those extremely visible "signs"--like the pink nail polish.  I think it's because they are settled now, not questioning, so don't need to over-advertise or try things out or seek.

Our culture has changed so much in that 14 years since I've watched her toddler grow up.  I recall the mom and dad being a little jarred by all the displays.  Then they got him into drama.  What I also think helped the dad a little was they then had two other sons, and the second son was hyper-masculine (like a bruiser boy, way out on a standard deviation), and the third son was not extreme at all, just sort of in the bell curve of "typical boy."

Watching this family really convinced me that genetics are involved.  [/quote]

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