Mass Effect 2 writer Brian Kindregan has revealed that Jack was originally supposed to be a pansexual character, but after Fox News kicked up a fuss over sex scenes in the original Mass Effect, BioWare ended up making her romanceable if Commander Shepard is a man.
In an interview with The Gamer, Kindregan said that the controversy sparked by Fox News? coverage led to unnecessary backlash against Mass Effect, and since times were a little different back then, BioWare didn?t want to attract negative attention again.

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