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Originally Posted by Bonded
Your nephew doesn't need to ascribe to any of the letters or educate anyone about gender if he doesn't want to. The responsibility lies with the extended family members who are uncomfortable with him wearing nail polish to stop being dicks and hopefully educate themselves and stop commenting on his choices that do no affect them in any way.
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Correct, but if the world around him views him through a lens of buckets for him to be put in, there is inevitable pressure for him to place himself in one at some point. Just like people ask "what race are you?" or "where are you from?" the same thing happens with genders now, and the more we emphasize the labels, the more it seems likely this will happen.