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[–] 60 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Haha as a queer gamer that just makes me think, "Welcome to my world."

I don't mean that in a snarky manner, but the fact is, nearly all gaming is hetero-focused. I can relate to scenes and choices making you feel uncomfortable, because that's my life. Gay representation is practically non-existent in gaming.

I recall when Blizzard added a couple of gay characters and quests to WoW and people lost their goddam minds complaining about representation being forced on them, though it was but a miniscule set of quests with unimportant side-characters. And never mind that straight representation is forced on all of use very day—that level of self-awareness was lost on the people whining loudest.

Merely acknowledging the existence of gay humans is too much for some.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    That last line is an interesting issue. Some religious folk have to believe being gay is 100% a choice, otherwise it implies God either doesn't mind, or does, but makes mistakes / has no control over it.

    The mental hoops some folk have to jump through.

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