User blog comment:SpartHawg948/An Open Letter Regarding Mass Effect: Deception/@comment-64.41.6.239-20120131234327/@comment-1660122-20120201032820

I don't know if Hendel was open, and it was only (heavily) implied that he was gay, but yeah, having him ogle at asari strippers, along with Gillian "growing out" of her autism (or "mental instability") can really be really seen as offensive, whether Dietz knew about it the characters or not.