Gods, I feel for him and she's such an amazing Grandma. I didn't have the same experiences but I like cute things, played with dolls, love the color pink, and used to have long hair and paint my nails. I also used to watch a lot of shows oriented at female audiences and still do, as well as read a lot of stuff intended for female audiences. Got made fun of a lot as a kid, and had to wake up extra early when I was at my dad's if I wanted to watch my favorite shows, if he woke up I'd begin getting ridiculed. However I was lucky to have good teachers and a good mother and stepfather. Ultimately it mostly went away with time, I learned to hide the parts that could effect my career prospects or cause me to experience hate and spent time more with kinder and more understanding people. It also helps that my overall appearance has become much more male looking compared to when I was younger, though in a kinder world I would've preferred it hadn't. I wish I had his bravery and lived in a place where dressing like that wouldn't get me fired and if my government has its way (send me to prison). Honestly even if there wouldn't be life altering consequences, I don't think I could be like him, I don't think I could take the possibility of losing familial relationships and in all probability multiple friends.