Are romances 100% open to both genders? [answered]

^ Me too to be honest, I was just saying that I don't believe they will make that many romances if we will only have 6 or 7 companions and not all of them will be available for romance and some of them are even gender restricted.. But if they was referring to NPC's (romances/flirts) too, maybe that's why they said that MEA will have more romances than ever before. Yet I would prefer more romances with companions even if that would mean less romances with NPC's 

I'd argue those are all very different items.  For example, locking characters to specific genders means more work for less content.  There are plenty of people who play through the game with only one gender, and so that content is off-limits to them.  I'd call this impractical.

On the flip side, a locked door means less content for less work, which just makes sense.  This is simply practical.

A plot twist is a story-related decision that has little to do with either of the above.

My big problem with the first item as opposed to the others is that it doesn't actually serve a practical application.
Note that I will play both as broRyder and femRyder, so I'll end up getting all my desired romances anyway.

Actually, the first lesbian romance was Juhani from KOTOR.

Nop that was cut and Sera was indeed the first companion you could romance, that was a lesbian. And yes you could kick her at anytime, unlike everyone else. 

You misunderstand me, the full romance was cut. There were text files that were later update by modders that made you experience the romantic arc. I did play Kotor and at best Juhani romance was a low key flirt thing, almost subtext when compared to Carth or Bastila. If anything it was even less than a npc romance.

Perhaps we can all just agree that regardless of who was first, Sera wasn't Bioware's finest and we can hope for better.

I admit I'm rather conflicted on whether they ought to make all the romance options player-sexual. As a player I certainly appreciate the smorgasbord of choices. It makes it easier to find an LI that you can connect with and that fits your own character concept. But at the same time, I almost think it cheapens what they are trying to do with diverse characters. If most players are straight and they flirt with the opposite sex, then they'll find that all those characters appear straight. No need to even think about who that character really is, since I know they'll be into me. In retrospect the specific-orientation characters do feel more fully realized to me. Leaving Sera aside, characters like Dorian or Traynor just feel "right" as their specific orientation. So despite the loss of player choice, I think it makes the world and the people in it feel even more real, and that's probably worth it to me.

I just hope we get a heads up before we lock down into a romance I mean I killed Ashley a couple of times cause she was looking forward to some downtime with me when I was just being nice to her so she would stop being such a bitch to Wrex and Garrus!

I did all the romances in all the bioware games, that being straight or not. Well not Jacob because the way Shepard talked to him creep me out and some on SWTOR. Most of the good romances are just straight or bi, there are some exceptions like Dorian but Gaider is probably responsible for that. 

Basically what I am saying is that characters that are connect to the story heavily or have more content related to it, are always hetero romances or bi. For example, Cassandra, Morrigan, Solas, Alistair and Leliana in DA and Miranda and Jacob with Cerberus in ME2, Liara in all the ME games. Isabela and Anders are central pieces in DA2 main arcs. All this makes better romances because it gives characters motivation and dept.

Since there is a limited amount of resources it makes sense that those characters can always be romanced by the hetero part of the fandom, which are the majority. And since the reality is that, why not open up things for everyone in a bi spectrum. I am just being realistic really and I do not want another NPC or an annoying character with highly problematic issues without any development that can be discard anytime aka Sera.

Still sad I could not romance Miranda with my FemShep too, Alistair would had been really cool too for one of my malewardens with all the drama to be king.

I really hope Andromeda does better but at this point I think Dorian is the best romance when not including bi or straight characters. And I am not holding my hopes up for an important gay or lesbian character for the main story. 

Don't lose heart, Bioware may yet surprise us.

I'm ever hoping for a mature gay character (looking at you, Vetra).

First, I have to say I got that same creep vibe off of the Jacob / FemShep arc.  I was thinking "dude, the straight female options are this weirdness or the dying green alien?  Seriously!?"  Something was clearly off in the dialog writing for the Jacob arc.

Back on topic though, I guess you've convinced me, reluctantly.  If there's only so many dev hours to go around and the playerbase is 90% hertero then maybe the best bang for the buck (pun intended) is to have most major NPC romance options swing both ways.  If they held a vote, I'd vote with you.