Frustrating relative lack of LGBT NPCs in this game

[Nestama]

I see.... that's unfortunate.

It is. Like I'll agree that some representation would be nice, but it needs to be in such a way that isn't their personality and instead implied by this or that (since I'm pretty sure Hydaelyn doesn't have homo/transphobia), like with Minfillia's look-a-like in the Rising event who has said in the past

"You seem fascinated by my raiments. I am flattered! My betrothed made them -- as dextrous with a needle as she is with a sword, that one! A bit short-tempered, but we all have our faults, don't we?"

Unfortunately, OP is a troll and is clearly trying to start a hate war (as evidenced by some of their posts in this thread, some of which were copy-pasted from the reddit post I linked).
For example, here's another one.

The reason why people who do actually care about equal treatment get nowhere is because they are being labelled as 'troll'.

And I highly doubt they're the OP of this Reddit thread from 2017.

[Burmecia]

MMORPG

I just wrote in Thancred thread that most comfy way to view any NPC to me is to leave them blank slates untill/unless anything gets, like, confirmed.

Freedom is great like that: when nothing is strictly confirmed, I can RPG and headcanon the sparkles out of all my fav NPC.

And it's not like there isn't very very likely trans lesser NPCs around.
M-model Mystel being referred as she.
That one au ra guard in Reunion, F-model, referred as he.
Was not gonna say anything about this but Omega
...I see myself out.

[Doozer]

Unfortunately, OP is a troll and is clearly trying to start a hate war (as evidenced by some of their posts in this thread, some of which were copy-pasted from the reddit post I linked).
For example, here's another one.

Yikes, I believed you about them just using that Reddit thread as a script, but that's just copied and pasted. Trolls these days are so lazy. They just rip off other people's stuff and let everyone else do the arguing for them. Back in my day, yadda yadda.

[Nekaru_Infitima]

All i have to say about this whole Thread:

I concur. Next we'll have people being kin of the characters. plzno.

[Nestama]

Yikes, I believed you about them just using that Reddit thread as a script, but that's just copied and pasted. Trolls these days are so lazy. They just rip off other people's stuff and let everyone else do the arguing for them. Back in my day, yadda yadda.

The funny part is, I found that thread completely by accident. I searched something along the lines of "FFXIV Minfilia rising wife lgbt" or something, since I was going to mention her in response to OP, but then 'lo and behold, a very familiar thread title appeared.
So now any time this OP starts a new thread, I'm just gonna see if they got it from somewhere else.

[Cetek14]

It's a troll. Send no reply.

[Violyre]

If they could find a way to make it natural in-story. Elsewise you just end up with what Netflix does and add a LGBT+ character who has the sole purpose of being LGBT+, you can take that trait away from the character and change absolutely nothing in the story.

[SamSmoot]

How would an NPC be identified as LGBT? Special color, a big marker hanging over it's head? And what difference would it make when you're interacting with them to pick up or turn in a quest?

[Crevan]

I wish people who made threads like this to troll knew they were only hurting us and how seriously people take us. Trolling like this makes it easier for others to react negatively to any mention of LGBT stuff because this just gives them fuel for their bigotry. And then people actually fall for it even though it's widely known who the active trolls are, but they don't care because it gives them something to argue about or it just gives them a reason to hate us.

Pretty much this.

[VictorTheed]

Man, that flamethrower move from MCH would do wonders right now, such a great aoe.