Parents of gay teens - did you know before they told you?

So, I have a nearly 6 year old son, who twice now has told me he wishes he was born a girl. I'm starting to strongly suspect that he might grow up to be a gay adult. This is absolutely no problem for me, I love him no matter what he is. However, this is not the only things that have lead to me suspect this. Since he was 2 years old I've noticed the following -his favourite colour was pink, and exclusively pink.his body language is VERY feminine. He has the strut, the voice and the attitude - complete with eye rolling and finger waving, while the hand is on the hip.he loves girl pop group music. Particularly aqua and barbie girl lolhe likes to wear make up and have me paint his nails.he adores dancing, and most of his moved involves twirling and ass shaking lolThe above are all consistent behaviour traits that have not waned in 4 years. Other instances include choosing girls toys at the store over boys, choosing girly face paint designs at carnivals, wanting to be the angel at his school nativity because it meant he could wear the dress, is excelling in interpersonal skills at school such as recognizing emotions in his peers and responding according - in other words, a very sensitive little soul.I feel it's important to mention that I have NEVER encouraged to him or pressured him into making gender appropriate choices. Sure I've waved the odd dinosaur set or superhero action figure under his nose when he insists on choosing the mini tiara and high heels fairy set at the store, but ultimately he makes the choice and I don't respond with things like 'but that's for giiiirls' nor shame him when he plays with the things he's chosen. He's always had a wife variety of options in the house to play with, including toy kitchens, role play dress ups and toy cars.I'm also not girly myself at all, so he is even more feminine than I am. He has a boys boy older brother and his dad, so it's always been a very masculine household. My point in telling you this is because this behaviour has been 100% natural and all on his own since before he was out of diapers.I've jokingly said to family that I'll be one of those mums when he comes out as a teen who says 'I've known since you were 2 son, and I loved you then and will love you always now too'. He has my unconditional love no matter what.So now for my questions - this behaviour shows zero sign of slowing down. His teacher for next year is outwardly very camp and he happens to be my son's favourite teacher in the whole school. They greet each other fondly with swinging hips and limp wrists haha. So, parents of kids who've came out long after you suspected - how to do you make life as easy as possible for them without letting them know you know? How do you protect them from those in society that are still narrow - minded?Of course this could all just be a phase, but he's well past the age of gender discovery, and he knows the choices he makes are girly and does not care a jot. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2uxtFWa