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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oye.  People, gender and sexual orientation are unrelated.  He is 6 so I wouldn't put much meaning into anything, but liking "girly" things has nothing to do with whether he will be gay.[/quote]

Actually, recent research has found that boys with gender identity issues are overwhelmingly most likely to be gay adults, as opposed to transgendered adults. [/quote]

Care to provide a legit source for that claim.
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Don't have the exact link, but look into research by Dr Norman Spack and his colleagues at Harvard & Boston's Children's Hospital.
A quote from Dr Spack: 
 
The majority of children who express recurrent interest in being the opposite sex are not transgendered, although many become homosexual. 4 A small percentage of children who are emphatic and consistent in their desire to be the opposite gender (less than 20% of the above) prefer to be called by a pronoun and name consistent with their gender identity.

I attended a conference a year and a half ago at which some of the latest research was presented. If I can find my materials with specific research, I'll post it. Fascinating stuff.[/quote]

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