Welcome to the forums! Caresheets will be your new best friends. It's only been 2 weeks, give your new friend some more time to settle in. Keep doing your homework outside the cage and they will come around. To check to see if you have a male, look at the back of their back feet - males have a spur, females do not. While right now it does look as if you have a male, we have had chameleons on here whose colors are deceiving as to their gender. You will need a larger cage and more foliage. Right now he/she is frightened and doesn't have a place to hide from the big scary monster (you). A larger cage can remedy this.
As to chameleons not being able to be friendly, loving you, etc. there are 2 camps of thought on this forum about this topic. While I can respect that these are reptiles with small brains, I do not believe for a second they cannot come to recognize their owners and even like them. Stepping onto your hand can happen, but it takes a LOT of time and patience. There are keepers on here who I have first hand watched their veileds eagerly climb onto their hands without any hissing or flaring up. They were not enticed with food or a stick to step onto, but just wanted to be with the owner.
From a personal standpoint I just lost a 4 1/2 year old panther who enjoyed nothing more than climbing up my arm and going outside to our lanai for time out there. My veiled has come around, and while we are still battling cage aggression (quite common in veileds and leads to the theory they hate the world), he has done a complete transformation in his attitude towards me. This is just my opinion, take it for what it's worth. Good luck with your new friend, and if you still aren't sure about the gender take a pic of his back feet and post it on here.
