This is so true! I work with a group that supports a NICU in our area. All the babies get hats, booties, and fleece sleepers. So many of the items made with donated fabrics turn out pink! The group buys lots of boyish products to counterbalance it.
As the mother of 3 boys and 1 girl, I just kind of automatically gravitate toward the boy-ish items. My daughter (the youngest of the brood) always was a bit of a tomboy (how could she be otherwise with 3 older brothers) so we didn't have a lot of frilly pinks in the house even then. I think greens, oranges, blues, and golds work well for boys/young men. I look for animal prints and geometric prints since flowery prints, even with no pink in them, still look too "girly". When I donated to Quilts for Kids, I always do a "boy" quilt. The last one I got a bit carried away with the size, but they said it was great because it would work for teen boys, something they never had enough of.
Pam