I don't like most unofficial shippings, be they male x female, male x male, or female x female. I think it has more to do about fans shipping characters that have absolutely nothing in common and lusting about the pairings than the fact it's an homosexual (or heterosexual) pairing.
That or I don't like that these fans need to over-sexualize every relationship. What happened to people being just friends (or rivals) without wanting to get into the other person's pants? :(
I agree, but I would say that there is a fair amount of people who place people in relationships without them being too sexual. I think there's a view that they're predominately sexual, but there is a fair amount of non-sexual stuff out there if you look for it.
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.