I've also failed to do any research at all, so my second-(or third-) hand sources are probably not the most reliable! I suspect that, as ever, there's likely to be more to it than just a trans character (after all, I don't think Krem from Inquisition really elicited much reaction, unless I just missed it) and I think journalists are now just duty bound to mention Gamergate whenever there's a bit of a fuss.
In the time it took me to type that, I could've attempted to actually find out some of that stuff. But it's harder for me to write uninformed pontification if I'm in possession of some of the facts.
