Yes, some people are completely missing in some paths, some people are present but not charm-able. The order you get spells and quite a bit of dialogue is different as well. Depending on your choices, some characters can run away out of town, too.
Some of those younger pics are worse than others. A lot of content was added in the last few weeks so it's understandable the QC would be a little hit or miss. The good news is if you can do it better, you can always submit some examples to the dev!
Also, maybe only 5% of the content today is M/M gay, but that doesn't mean it will stay that way. In a year's time, much could change and maybe people who weren't interested in the game will be with more content to their taste. The additional content shouldn't bother anyone as long as it doesn't blind-side us too much(Mr. Adam's unsolicited dick-pick comes to mind

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And to cmacleod42, with this release I feel
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