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If your 5-year-old can't understand someone being gay then you're a shit parent.
It really depends on the kid. Some 5 year olds just don't give a fuck about any of that relationship shit and IMO it's not so important that they need to be sat down and told all about all the attraction options. I don't just mean the alternate ones but also man and woman.
If they ask questions or show interest in the topic, I think they should be answered honestly, but the only essential information at that age IMO is about personal space, not touching people who don't want to be touched (at all if that's their desire but especially in the private areas), understanding that they are the ones in charge of deciding if someone else touching them is ok (though at that age, it would be more of a "you don't have you let anyone see or touch there unless it's an emergency like it got hurt"), and that anyone asking them to keep secrets from their parents without it involving presents or a happy surprise isn't their friend.
That said, there's nothing wrong with this joke. Either it will go over the kid's head and they ignore it or it will make them curious and prompt those questions. If you respond to those questions with deflections and/or lies, then I'd agree with the shit parent accusation. Same thing applies to not wanting certain topics visible at all for fear that kids might ask questions about them. That cowardice isn't doing their kids any favours.
You can be honest about what sex is without giving the necessary details for them to act it out.
oh yeah I have an unmarried aunt and uncle and it took me way longer than I'd like to admit to realise they were a couple.