What a nifty game! I am very impressed it. The graphics in SWG (Star Wars Galaxies) are great and the customization of your character’s looks is incredible. When you start out, you can pick the physical charactistics of your character. After you enter the game, those are fixed and do not change (as far as I can tell.)
In the game you can make or buy clothing to customize even further. What more could a fashion sensible gay bounty hunter or smuggler want?
I am not positive about this, but I think I have been able to find other gay characters via the Community dialog. I set it up for me being a male and searching for a male. It kept flagging perfect matches with other characters. I actually tracked one down last night and found him to be very nice, but I didn’t ask on the gay issue. I just flirted alot and then kissed him goodbye. He was very nice and gave me some new clothes 
. Not only that, but his character was rather good looking for a computer image!
Anyway, it’s pretty fun so far and I can’t wait to continue to explore strange new worlds and new civilizations (oh wait..)