As for the comment about Simon looking gay........ He looked that way since Castlevania Chronicles BEFORE Symphony of the Night. So it isn't just because of the design changes found in Castlevania Judgement. And his original outfit was a fuzzy brown skirt with barbarian additives. WHAT NEVER LOOKED GAY TO YOU?
Masculine =/= gay. Ayami Kojima's redesign took a simplistic barbarian archtype character and added flowing red locks, leather BDSM wear, and eyeliner. Gay. Judgment made it worse. And everything else.
Besides, Simon also had different outfits such as his plated Super Castlevania 4 armor and his knightly CV2 attire.
And Chronicles came out after Symphony, btw.