just a suggestion: what if nate is revealed to be a girl that was pretending to be a boy all the years before,
does this will make most of the events make sense?
the fuck? just embrace it
is it so hard to understand that as a straight guy i don't want gay content in my games?
( and I'm sure many players left because of it) and because i read references to gay stuff he did it still bother me..
i havn't left the game because of the story.. and the girls are really cool..
Man his arc is literally about him coming to terms with his gay feelings for you do you really think that would make any sense at all if he was a woman. If you want a 'surprise woman' trope then just keep playing the game, there literally is one.