Again, I think we run into the primary disagreement here. There is no forcing it into this - it is already there. It is inherently there in the story. It is inherently there in how we experience and relate to the story. It is inherently there in everything we do and experience. There is no forcing an identity politic, it is an analytical tool
To side step the Forsaken for a second, there should be no surprise that many women, particularly those who self identify as feminists or radicals, or both, really find themselves in, or generally can get behind, the Night Elves. Its evident on this very forum. Its a very female forward society that showcases strength and confidence, despite them coming from a male Amazonian power fantasy in bikini armor. There should be no surprise an almost all white, all male, all hetro, all middle class and above, development team, did a less than steller job at portraying North American indigenous peoples in the tauren, Afro-Caribbean (or plainly Jamaican) in the trolls, or a mix of peoples in the orcs, and others who came since to varrying degrees. That is to say little of many of the interactions they put in the game between nations and peoples - Stonespire, Zul’dazar, Lor’themar and Zappy Boi, Varian and Tyrande.
The point - we see, through a lens of identity, how all of these have been poorly handled at least in part due to where the developers and writers come from in their personal lives. That those who wrote those instances, and those who okayed them, did not see the issues inherent in the presentation due to their background.
To slide back to the Forsaken and question at hand, I do not think any of us solely claimed the Forsaken are a queer coded representation due to their outcast nature. None of us rushed to the top of that hill and built a barrier around it. We may have staked a claim, an assertion, that the Forsaken can, and are, read as an allegory or metaphor as queer folks, by queer folks, due to their outcast nature. That many found some sort of familiarity, if not comfort, in Sylvanas as a character due to her position and experiences, her story. But none have said this is the only read one can take. It is a strong one, however, that does have some evidence to back it up now. This is all literary analysis. People will go blue in the face, as we can see and experience here, arguing that analysis. It does not have to be a 1 to 1 comparison for it to assert itself as a good, or useful, allegory or metaphor. That people, and society, also change over time and their perceptions of what is, or is not, X or Y do as well.
It is doubtful that many in 2006 would look at the Forsaken and say “Wow! These outcasts really do act as a representative body for my queerness in game and I feel more connected to them!” because that language and thought was not fully formed. In part, the gay wasnt prayed away yet, but primarily the societal discussion and experience was not shared among its members. 15 years later, and lot more thinking and diving deeper into the story, we are in a far different world and context.
How dare you.