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I am gay, so maybe I can lend a little perspective for you, Crissy.
First of all, boys who have "feminine" qualities aren't necessarily gay. It probably means nothing, actually---kids don't yet know all the social rules about gender roles, so they just play with whatever seems interesting, no matter if it's "feminine" or "masculine." When my son was two, he used to tromp around in my high heels. It didn't mean anything about his gender--he was just playing at being a grownup.
But even if your son was doing a lot of pretending to be a girl, and so on, it doesn't mean he's gay. Most gay people are very clear about whether they are male or female. (I'm about the girliest girl around!). That's because gender identity and sexual orientation are different things: the majority of gay people are very clear about their genders, they just like to date people who are the same gender. People with gender identity issues, on the other hand, can be gay or straight, but they feel like their physical body and their 'real' gender don't match. So it's two separate things.
Gender dysphoria, where somebody is one sex but feels like they are really the other, is very rare. Unless you have a lot of reasons to think your son has this problem, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
There is one thing you should think very hard about, though. Are you ready to love this kid for who he is, however he turns out? If you can't love him whether he's gay, straight, smart, dumb, sane, crazy, green, purple or polka-dotted, you should really re-think your adoption. You can't just "bond" to him if he's your dream child, and reject him if he isn't. No kid turns out exactly as we plan---you gotta love them anyway.
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