Why do people think Silva was homosexual? I'm thinking very few were actually paying attention to the film. And, even if he was, how does that detract from his effectiveness as a villain? I thought the guy was pretty damned scary. Almost Joker-like (but not quite).
Mr Kidd and Mr Wint were gay according to Leiter in "Diamonds are Forever", Rosa Klebb was bisexual in "From Russia With Love"; Goldfinger was a sexual deviant who was impotent and constipated and Pussy Galore and Tilly Masterton were Lesbians in "Goldfinger", Francisco Scaramaga was rumored to have been gay in a report written for M in "The Man with the Golden Gun". This was carried over to "License to Kill" and can explain why Franz Sanchez hired Bond despite a possible risk to his operations.