I never saw it but growing up I rarely saw anything gay related and my only exposure to lgbt was knowing it existed. Personally never saw them as anything but friends. Haven’t heard his interviews like you have but no surprise he would say this.
I saw his relationship with Bashir as entirely non-sexual, but assumed Garak himself had grown to position himself as sexually ambiguous for espionage reasons. I don't think Garak would have had a sexual relationship with a non Cardassian of either gender.
I never saw it but growing up I rarely saw anything gay related and my only exposure to lgbt was knowing it existed. Personally never saw them as anything but friends. Haven’t heard his interviews like you have but no surprise he would say this.
I saw his relationship with Bashir as entirely non-sexual, but assumed Garak himself had grown to position himself as sexually ambiguous for espionage reasons. I don't think Garak would have had a sexual relationship with a non Cardassian of either gender.