Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-14138255-20171205173000/@comment-14909251-20171231013648

SpiritedDreaming wrote: Especially if she is confident in her own sexuality to a degree that she doesn't hide it. If she is gay or bi, she will say it, which can have a roll on effect of other people who were hiding their own tastes finding confidence in themselves by following Ilia's example.

It won't work with everyone, but it does help to give some people a bit of a nudge to know that they're not alone. I don't even mean in terms of "coming out" as it could just be someone who didn't talk about it because there was no one around them who was of the same orientation. Yang could be an example as she never really had a guy into her and thus no chance to say "I'm not into guys" and as there were no other girls into her no reason to mention her interest. Another thing is that someone may not even realize those interests until there is someone else willing to act on them with that person.