08-16-2012, 03:26 AM
I knew young, seven or eight but, I too was raised in an environment where being anything but heterosexual was wrong, in fact it was a sure sentence to eternal damnation and, that was made very clear to me the one and only time I told my parents that I kissed a boy at school.
Each of us matures differently so, don't push your nephew. Yes he may be gay, bi, transgendered, enjoy cross dressing, whatever but, he is just as likely to be a straight guy that just happens to like pink and find blond females attractive, so he wants to look at pink things and blond girls when he plays a game.
Just be there, be open to listening to him and, if he tells you he kissed a boy, thinks a boy is cute, likes a boy, etc... smile and accept that as normal, because it is. If he want's to play dress up in women's clothes or make up, that's cool too. Just let him be who he is, and make sure that's okay with you, whoever he is.
Each of us matures differently so, don't push your nephew. Yes he may be gay, bi, transgendered, enjoy cross dressing, whatever but, he is just as likely to be a straight guy that just happens to like pink and find blond females attractive, so he wants to look at pink things and blond girls when he plays a game.
Just be there, be open to listening to him and, if he tells you he kissed a boy, thinks a boy is cute, likes a boy, etc... smile and accept that as normal, because it is. If he want's to play dress up in women's clothes or make up, that's cool too. Just let him be who he is, and make sure that's okay with you, whoever he is.