Gay women have Liara in the first game (Liara's species are all female), nobody besides a fling with Kelly in the second (no Trophy/Achievement pops for this), and then Liara again in the third, plus Samantha Traynor. With Kaidan also in the first title, some fans hoped he would be retroactively romanceable in the remake, but no dice. Gay men have no viable romances until Mass Effect 3, when they can choose either Cortez or Kaidan. While Mass Effect does have some queer options, and was progressive when the game first launched, it now feels a little dated - especially compared to its BioWare cousin, Dragon Age. Related: Playing Mass Effect As A Shotgun Melee Infiltrator Turns It Into Doom We've also seen outcry at the way Thane's romance is treated in Mass Effect 3 - personally I think the character is done dirty but the relationship is a beautiful tragedy - and disappointment that some cut romances were not added back to the game in the Legendary Edition remake. Said the unnamed source, The RSM was rightly horrified and I think he apologised to the guys. Participants were 150 self-identified heterosexual men who completed measures of adherence to male gender role norms, sexual prejudice, masculine gender role. The very first article I wrote for TheGamer (that's TheGamer, no spaces) was about the romance that blossoms between Garrus and Tali in Mass Effect 3, advising fans to leave them to each other on their next playthrough, and that drew a very passionate response. Masculine gay men in videos One of the victims remains with the battalion and has reportedly been the target of additional bullying. Mass Effect romances conjure up a lot of passion, and not just in the boudoir. Butler consisted of mainstream pornographic videos produced for a heterosexual, predominantly male audience.