Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-87.10.148.13-20140721150842/@comment-14909251-20140805015645

As it stands Yang, Prryha, Jaune, and Sun, pretty much cannot be homosexual without ignoring a whole lot of strongly implied heterosexual tendencies throughout the story. They can make one or more of them bisexual, but it is clear they all have some interest in the opposite sex. Ruby is not as firmly established, but she seems to be into boys as well and Blake is the same. Nora and Ren are, interestingly enough, not very well established and it is not inherently off to have one of them be homosexual. It would, in fact, confirm their "just friends" relationship is authentic and not just an inevitable ship. Weiss was probably the best candidate until Neptune showed up, though a bit of a cliché.

Easier to just introduce a new character and make that character gay or something. You can make one of the established characters bisexual without much effort (it makes every shipper happy), but it is harder to make them homosexual as then you are liable to cause a shipper revolt.