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It was never said on screen.
But the actor has said that he always played Garak as if he was bi if not gay.
Yeah, for the show being made when it was, he does a great job focusing the majority of Garaks flirtation with men.
There's lots of ways to interpret pain simple Garak. I think many of us caught that he is meant to be gay, or at least bi.
I think there's arguably also some solid subtext about Garak probably being persecuted by Cardasian (cough - military) culture for being gay, as well.
And perhaps even that being closeted on Cardasia might be a big part of his origin as a...plain simple tailor.
I mean him being a tailor is a pretty on the nose way of hinting that he spends a lot of time in closets.