Don We Now Our Gay Apparel: My Son's Christmas Dress

By:           Raising My Rainbow
On:           Dec 20, 2012

http://www.queerty.com/don-we-now-our-gay-apparel-my-sons-christmas-dress-20121220/

It was the most sincere display of appreciation that my 5-year-old son has ever shown. He looked me straight in the eyes and said a very mature  "thank you."  The words were full of honesty, relief, happiness and a little bit of anguish.

"You're welcome, baby," I said looking at him with a smile and masking the pain I was feeling.  "You look so pretty."

My gender-creative son was thanking me for buying him a dress to wear to Christmas Eve dinner.

He had eyed the ensemble at Target weeks ago and asked to wear it for Christmas so he could take "fancy pictures by the fireplace and the tree."

I told him no.  Not because the outfit was made for girls and he is a boy, but because had I bought it then he would have wanted to wear it immediately and often and when we finally sat down to Christmas Eve dinner it would have been thrashed.

Wow, she is such a cool mom!

The only problem I have is the title. The only thing that makes you gay is having sexual attraction for only members of the same sex. 

I think the title is more likely using this meaning of the word:

Quotebright or showy: gay colors; gay ornaments. Synonyms: colorful, brilliant, vivid, intense, lustrous; glittering, theatrical, flamboyant.

Quotehaving or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music. Synonyms: cheerful, gleeful, happy, glad, cheery, lighthearted, joyous, joyful, jovial; sunny, lively, vivacious, sparkling; chipper, playful, jaunty, sprightly, blithe.

I figured, but with the way people use "gay" today, it's better to be safe than sorry.