Are they pulling "A David" Again?

This is why I said before I feel like if David had been introduced as gay, or even had his story fleshed out much earlier rather than over 5 years after his release this would've been received much better. Not to say it wasn't received well by some, but I've seen a lot of different reactions to this including people who identify as lgbt and not everyone thinks this was the best approach. If they go the same route with another existing character as they did with David I wonder if it'll have the same reaction. I also don't think it would be a bad idea to make a new character and offered the same as other original survivors where you can purchase with shards or auric cells. Wouldn't people buy the character if they appeal to them or just simply like the character anyway?

As far as feeling genuine, I understand where you're coming from. Keeping things like this in the dark for long periods of time doesn't sit well with everyone. I guess to others though it doesn't matter either way.

Honestly, a character that thought he was straight(read up on david's lore) and was closeted for the longest time, only to recently figure out he has been gay all along is much more genuine than simply adding a gay character. Already having a history, only to question yourself and finally take the stand to be genuine is a very real experience for a lot of people. The only thing about David that wasnt genuine, was the fact that BHVR PR thought it was nice to yell it out loud on twitter.

Adding a new gay character for the sake to have a gay character is quite ingenuine, because you know that character has purely been added because they were gay.

It wasnt tacked on, the announcement was just really forced.

Imagine this scenario now: BHVR didnt tweet it out at all, but still added the lore as normal, then people slowly started reading the lore and found out David was gay that way. THAT would have been the perfect way to reveal it. But just because the reveal was bad, doesnt mean the action itself was bad.

You have a point. There may not be a "best approach" but I do think diversity in video games can be done better. As for David for example I think the only way his could've been done better is simply to have done it much sooner. The thing is though when David was introduced I think they were still going by their original stance of leaving things like this up to the player so they can identify with the characters how they so choose. This is why I think for new characters its going to be better received and I'm actually curious to see how they go about it and how people respond to it.

How we say things matters, for sake of peace. I'm all for everyone speaking their minds and believe they should speak on things how the truly feel about them. The problem is people can take things many different ways, even when the intent wasn't meant as such. When that happens things can spiral down into name calling and hatred, which is never a good thing.

While I disagree with you on many things, you've always been respectful and civil from what I've seen. People can have a different opinion and can still discuss those differences in a calm environment.