Now that FF16 will feature LGBT+ characters, can we get some rep in FF14 too?

[Kazhar]

I'm okay with a good and meaningful character who happens to be LGBT.

I'm not okay with a character who serves no purpose in story screaming I'm LGBT.

Honest question, why do you care? (Not you in particular, but this is a very common sentiment in those threads) Who does it hurt if when you create very obvious token characters? I'd argue it's still better than no representation at all. Better than scaring big companies of even trying because it's never good enough.
Is there be a good kind of LGBT+ character and a wrong kind? People who are very openly LGBT+ exist in real life, why should they be excluded?

The risk with having ONLY "characters who happen to be LGBT+" is that it could result in a straight-coded cast in all but name. Fred is still basically your average guy but there's a tiny bio who says he's actually gay (and the audience clapped! Great representation! So progressive). This isn't how it works. Like it or not, LGBT+ people lead different lifes (usually not as much kid focused as straight people, having to deal with coming out etc..) and can have different interests and difference should be that celebrated, not erased. Even among the LGBT+ community there's an overly conformist sentiment of wanting to please and being seen as "normal' by those outside and I kinda take issue with it.

But it's probably too much of a hot take for a video game forum.