Final Fantasy: A LGBT friendly series?!

Hey everyone, so I've been thinking lately on Final Fantasy... while it doesn't seem like such an outward series of LGBT issues or anything, I have found it worthy of noting a few key points in the series as a whole, that may or may not point to LGBT references from Squares point.
I'm going to break it down by game, Because I think it is easier (lol) but be warned this is probably going to be a lengthy post, and for that I am sorry!

I am not trying to upset anyone, these are my views on it, and I mean no harm ^^

Final Fantasy I
at the start of the game you're given the chance to customize your team, consisting of 4 (presumable male) characters, the ey point is the White Mage, later down the line the characters "grow" and what happens to the White Mage? their hood falls down and and long hair falls to about their waist, as a Kid I always presumed (since seeing the White Wizard) that it was a she... hard to tell with pixels lol, and the game was always ambiguous about your parties gender make-up (never using he,she etc)

Final Fantasy II
In this one I would like to point out Leila(Reila,Layla) who is a female Pirate captain (which was gender role breaking to any standard of pirate)

Final Fantasy III(original)
In this game (much like in 1) you were given 4 characters (Presumably male) with each class taking on a masculine look except 1 -- Devout, they resemble white mages but with cat-ear hoods, now even when pixelated it was very clear this was a female under that hood, so one could go from a masculine look Berserker to this very feminine looking healer.

Final Fantasy IV(Snes -- II)
This game as a whole was a very romantic oriented game, our attention here is the main character (Cecil), throughout the whole first half of the game it is very clear that Cecil is a guy(even though you never see his face until a certain point in the story). Now when you reach a point in the story Cecil "changes Jobs" now on the original snes version, when he becomes a Paladin he looks extremely feminine, so much so that guards stationed around baron are unable to discern what exactly Cecil is -- "Just what the hell are you?" is a quote from the Guard outside baron castle after Cecil's "transformation"

Final Fantasy V
Our focus here is Faris, through most of the story the player is lead to believe Faris is a male Pirate Captain, there is even a point in the story where Bartz(Butz) & Galuf find Faris (attractive while still thinking shes a man), shortly after this event Faris reveals that he is really a She, living the life of a man (again due to those Gender roles mentioned in 2, woman can't lead pirates etc etc) it is also revealed through the story that she absolutely detests female clothes, and presenting as one.

Final fantasy VI
This is more speculative then the others lol
Gogo -- not much is known about this character, only that they are vieled in all sorts of cloth, this game has been out almost 20 years, fans are still split on this issue, and SE has never revealed an answer just who exactly Gogo is.
Mog's gender is also an issue, it it presumed to be a guy, however it does present itself with alot of female characteristics.

Final Fantasy VII
hoo-boy where to start
Sector 6 slums early in the game the main antagonist -- Cloud, Must dress up as a woman to save a friend, do to so, he must also spend some time in a "Sex" club which in turn leads to spending a period of time with some presumably gay men in a hot tub. even partake in a contest in a gym that is populated by Transgendered people. Cloud was obviously bothered by the sex club, however he made little to no objections to dressing as a woman.
There is a date event later in the game, playing your cards right means you could end up spending the date with Barret. I don't recall seeing any objections from either character during this period.

Final Fantasy VIII
The only thing here worth mentioning is Kiros, he's overly effeminate in and out of battle, while not identifying as a female, he certainly goes to certain lengths to make himself look "inbetween Genders". during combat he has a "limp" sort of stance, and a very ballet inspired attack animation

Final Fantasy IX,X
Nothing really sticks out here

Final Fantasy XI
Years after Marriage was introduced, SE implemented NPCS to handle all private weddings, it is possible for same sex characters to wear wedding bands engraved with each others names.

Final fantasy XII
Nothing here either... ;;

Final fantasy XIII
Fang and Vanille (both Females) have a very "open" relationship as you progress through the game it becomes more and more apparent that these 2 characters have more then a bond of friendship/sisterhood between them, it is generally accepted that these 2 characters were in fact in love, the end of the game strengthens this idea even farther

Final Fantasy XIV
While there is no marriage present in this game, the NPCs located around Eorzea speak when you draw close enough, there are quite a few of these speech bubbles that hint at homosexual relationships, and transgendered ideology.
There is also an item in game that lets you redesign your character(just like making a new one) you can even change genders, however to change your name to match a gender change, a GM will need to be involved.


A lot of this is speculation, but just like a good book,movie, show, artwork... it is up for interpretation! Thank you for reading ^^(&&&)

 

oh yea, you're right, How could I forget Quina, and Fran xD
I'm so ditzy sometimes lol going to ammend that lol Thanks!

 

it has been awhile since I played some of them, sorry for forgetting that lol but i'm glad you all could fill in what I forgot lol
And it was Luneth and Arc in the remake that had a special bond =o