Funny that this article was written now, cause I thought people already knew this.
There's a lovely 6 hr video (and two extension videos) by Tennelle Flowers on YT talking in extreme detail about why Riku is gay (and why it matters). The huge thing is she goes over the copious amount of mistranslations throughout the games, cause there's a LOT.
Pronouns frequently get misued, Sora's lines about Kairi get romanticize when they're platonic, Sora's lines about Riku get watered down, LITERALLY ALL of Don't Think Twice and Chikai being opposite sides of a love song, etc.
Honestly this video was amazing, and I would've watched it a whole 6 hours if I didn't have assignments due:
https://youtu.be/ll17V9DJr7g
I really gotta play all the games ๐ญ