Moridin, glad it was useful. Another bit of free advice (take it or leave it as you will) but it might be easier all around if you can find it in yourself to honor your sister's wishes with respect to raising her son. I know it's hard to watch someone do things you'd do differently, but she is his mother and that's a tough role to play all by itself!
Besides, I think you are right, your nephew will explore on his own terms one day and by then, he will be able to make the choices that are right for him. I remember my mother (who was at the time an extremely right-wing fanatic about such things ) telling me that makeup and Star Trek (and sci fi in general) were bad and would lead me down the wicked wicked path to hell...well, these days I adore Star Trek (sci fi/ fantasy) and somebody pass the lipgloss! And as far as I know, gossips notwithstanding, the people at church and Sunday School, don't think I'm too terribly wicked, either!
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