(I was actually braced for gayness to be one of the terrible bad decadent things that went on at the Capitol, actually, but no.)

You know, I was thinking it was canonical that [character with sexual exploitation revealed as part of his back story] had been used by men as well as women, but I guess that's not actually stated. (This would add, obviously, to the "capital decadence" interpretation and to the "only gay people are evil" count, not to actual representation of queer characters.)

This is an interesting exercise, Kit, and I realized I can't add to the list because it turns out I only retain lists of books that DO have queer representation rather than ones that lack it -- so thanks for encouraging the other perspective, even if the results are kind of depressing.