When it's done shittily and obviously simply to make some social statement it is awkward and pointless. It's disingenuous and annoying to me.
what makes you say that this is obviously to make some social statement rather than just include gay people (who, after all, make up what, 4~5%ish of american population)? does the game shower you with gay protagonists, depicting them in much better light than all the non-gay ones? nope. does it have some shittily obvious remakrs on current politics in that regard? not that i am aware of.
as far as awkward goes, nearly all the dialogues in ds are terribly awkward and cringeworthy. the best of them are just simply functional.
so, what other than this simply being a gay guy in that picture makes you say that it is included to push some agenda?