Nyreen Kandros. Image credit http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Nyreen_Kandros?file=NyreenHoodless.png

Nyreen Kandros is the first female Turian to appear on Mass Effect. She is also a possible lesbian or bisexual character. Although not a romance possibility for Male or Female Shepards, we learn she had a relationship with asari Aria T’loak.

Aria T’Loak. Image credit http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Aria_T%27Loak?file=Aria_ME2_charshot.png

LGBTQ references in this game:

Romance Options in Mass Effect series

The Asari

Lieutenant-Commander Kaidan Alenko

Comm Specialist, Samantha Traynor

Alliance pilot Steve Cortez

Nyren Kandros, Mass Effect 3 – Omega DLC

Other NPCs with possible LGBTQ references

Citations:

1. Aria T’Loak. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Aria_T%27Loak?file=Aria_ME2_charshot.png
2. Nyreen Kandros. (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Nyreen
3. RabidRetrospectGames. (2012, November 29). Mass Effect 3 – all Nyreen cutscenes.  YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r8v56CMIXE