Well, that's unfortunate. Though it wouldn't be the FFXIV community without excessive hyperbole and an insistence upon reading into things in the worst possible light, would it? I guess I'm free to weigh in on this given that I'm Lauront's partner and all. We're both men. We're together. I'm sure you can figure out what that results in.

Nobody is demanding that the character should be changed, it was a simple comment made in passing. Be flamboyant if you so please, just don't be surprised when some people raise eyebrows when that ends up resulting in stereotypes being enforced.