Theodora repented of her past when she married Justinian. She had no relations with other men after marrying Justinian. Other than accepting a sinner who had been licentious in the past, there was nothing else "forward-thinking" about her. The reactionary backlash was just not wanting to accept a woman who had been licentious even though she was now reformed. She became a good Christian woman who only had relations with her husband, so you including her here with your innuendo is basically lying.