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Haha as a queer gamer that just makes me think, "Welcome to my world."
I don't mean that in a snarky manner, but the fact is, nearly all gaming is hetero-focused. I can relate to scenes and choices making you feel uncomfortable, because that's my life. Gay representation is practically non-existent in gaming.
I recall when Blizzard added a couple of gay characters and quests to WoW and people lost their goddam minds complaining about representation being forced on them, though it was but a miniscule set of quests with unimportant side-characters. And never mind that straight representation is forced on all of use very day—that level of self-awareness was lost on the people whining loudest.
Merely acknowledging the existence of gay humans is too much for some.
That last line is an interesting issue. Some religious folk have to believe being gay is 100% a choice, otherwise it implies God either doesn't mind, or does, but makes mistakes / has no control over it.
The mental hoops some folk have to jump through.