Nick could most likely be gay since the one woman he does fall for is "boyish" and rather stereotypically masculine in her behaviours.
There is also the point that Nick is very peculiar in how describes other people - especially those of whom that he does not like.
His first opinions of Myrtle:
"She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crępe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering."
His first opinions of Tom:
"He had changed since his New Haven years. Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding boots could hide the enormous power of that body — he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage — a cruel body."
To me this suggests that he does subconsciously prefer men, but he is not even aware of this himself. Both of these characters aren't liked by him, but he does focus more on Tom's appearance - especially the notice of his muscles.
At the very end of the novel Tom says to Nick: “That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust in your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s…” and this just proves that since Nick forms all very strong negative opinions about every other character in the novella, except Gatsby, there is definitely a strong liking to him - whether it be subconscious, repressed or whatever else.
Also - why would he name the book after a bloke if he didn't have feelings for him?
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