Gaming

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic had a lesbian character, with a fully developed romance with the player. Devs were forced to nix it, still there but requires a lot of work to unlock. First gay character in Star Wars canon, although I guess Disney owns our imaginations and that doesn’t count anymore.

Jade Empire is another BioWare title that you can be gay in - if you play as a man, there is a male romance option which basically requires a guide to do right. He won’t give you a hint there’s an option until you actively piss off every female romance option.

That was gay gaming until the 2010s. We couldn’t get married until the Sims 3.

Yeah, Hollywood pandering is annoying and most of the time hollow. “The henchman from Beauty and the Beast is gay now!” But being able to make my Skyrim dude marry another Skyrim dude is great. I was early in transition when the Dragon Age with a trans guy came out - in a world where I was this alien in-between thing people didn’t understand, having this world where I could be normal was wonderful. Heck, Old School RuneScape upgraded their quests so you didn’t have to change your character to female for a quest and could be gay - I cried like a silly idiot.

Video games are escapism and queer people deserve escape too. There are enough stories for everyone.

The closest to sexuallity the character I'm playing at the moment can get is necrophilia (gay, straight, group sex - up to the player really) and I need to abuse the engine a bit and use my imagination.

Granted, in single player Project Zomboid there aren't any other living humans.

B.bbbb-but if I see it then I might catch The Gay! We all know that the moment you see or hear anything even remotely related to lgbtq+, you checks flash cards immediately burst into dance while singing Queen and waving a pride flag.

I play a woman named Vala (Mal Doran) or Adria in 99% of the games that let me customize. Because every other game I've played is always a generic male character doing generic action things.

"I've ~~seen that movie~~ played that game before" - Jordan Peele, if he were a gamer.

I can identify with Mario much better than these new “woke” characters because he has no discernible personality and nothing he does ever makes any difference to his world.

Am I supposed to be offended now because I had to play a RC car in ReVolt? Please.. Games are about having fun, not to make a political statement

As a bi person, I never face these issues. Everybody is sexy.

This picture fits the comment so well. A calm person in a red flamboyant suit with makeup right next to an emotional but overall average person going on a rant. Well done.

What game is he talking about?