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The only way to confirm if a character is LGBQ is if the subject were to come up blatantly or if they were depicted in the act. So therefore when sexual content is involved, it's going to raise the rating.

Do you actually have a game in mind where this sort of thing is casually mentioned (like someone just saying they had two dads) or where a very sexualized straight character was in a game inappropriately rated for kids? Moreover is that just an outlier mistake, or is it a consistent pattern?

You forgot the T. And no. Just the presence of LGBTQ+ representation in games raises the ratings. Harvest Moon DS: Cute had same-gender marriage options in Japan, but removed them from the North American version by saying it was going to raise the rating.

No. It's not a mistake. We allow straight characters in a kid's videogame like Crash Bandicoot.

If Crash Bandicoot can have a girlfriend in an E-rated game, you can have your character marry someone of the same gender without upping the age rating.

People automatically sexualize LGBTQ+ people, but then turn around and ask their toddler if their friend of a different gender is their "girlfriend" or "boyfriend". It's creepy as shit.

On top of that, you can hire girls for sexual favors in later Dragon Quest games, just as long as there's nothing shown.

And please explain to me how Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus are a couple in the Japanese version of Sailor Moon, but cousins with sexual tension in the North American version.