Every time there's a gay character these days in the main cast in the west, it doesn't matter how much romance or sexuality had to do with the game, it was bitched about anyway.

I mean do you remember the loud screeching madness because an indy platformer character had a trans flag at their desk? Or even the ongoing gay erasure at the hands of suits like EA's famous 'there are no gays in star wars'.

It doesn't even have to be western, remember that image of the dude in gamefaqs screeching about the gay operator in nier automata despite it being the most harmless shit in the world.