The Defect comes out as gay. The Silent and Watcher are accepting, but it turns out The Ironclad is very homophobic. How does this affect the Spire meta?

The Defect has been dating Merchant ever since late ascension 7, bonding over shared experiences like being blue and having circular face apparatuses. They decide to take it public. Everyone seems fine about it, but The Silent later overhears The Ironclad talking about how that kind of relationship is "unnatural" and how "they're not even the same species"

How is the Spire affected?