Gay doesn't necessarily mean you are fucking someone at the moment. Taking the party setting as an example, it might be important to ascertain potential hook-ups with more detail considering that being heterosexual is generally considered "default" at events etc not specifically catering to LGBT peeps. I hope you can imagine what this means without me writing another wall of text.
Also, it is pretty big news in the sports world, because believe it or not, there are still a great deal of people who aren't ok with this. Perhaps some other people on this forum might be able to tell us why it would be a big deal in their country if someone came out on national media. No fingers pointed...
Edit: Umbra, Nanking was horrendous. Yes, it was a long time ago, but probably still holds great significance to people from all the countries involved, not least China, where there are still some victims alive, some of whom have families etc which may include some of the cRPG community. That's just my opinion.