Said this in another thread. BUT...even if he was gay, and was flamboyant and eccentric, there is nothing wrong with that. It only becomes an issue when these stereotypes are over used for all representation of gay people (who are not all the same, and who are diverse just like anyone else), or if the character was solely defined by this (rather than their personality, or being written well).
This idea that no character or gay person can ever be portrayed that way, is pretty ridiculous. I also think it's unfair to judge, when no one actually has played the game (and therefore doesn't know anything about the character). How can we determine if he's a poorly written character when we know nothing about him? I don't mind having the discussion. I think it's always good too debate topics like this. So to be clear, I'm not saying that we shouldn't have the discussion about stereotypes. I'm even fine with people discussing their concern about this character. But I don't get those that were outright condemning it and assuming it was going to be offensive or bad.