Would you play Persona 6 wh a strictly gay male character? - Persona 5

Contents:

• WOULD YOU PLAY PERSONA 6 WH A STRICTLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?
• HOW PERSONA 5 LETS DOWN S GAY PLAYERS
• PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
• PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN

WOULD YOU PLAY PERSONA 6 WH A STRICTLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?

Inially, Kanji appears gay and Naoto seems to be transgenr. By clearly raisg the ia the player's md that Kanji is gay and then rejectg that ia, Persona 4 sends the msage that homosexualy is shameful and should not be 's start wh Kanji.

HOW PERSONA 5 LETS DOWN S GAY PLAYERS

Here, I hoped, I would get a plex portrayal of a gay character, one who has sadly but unrstandably reprsed his sexualy rponse to societal prsure, who felt that he uld not be accepted as a tough guy if people knew he was also gay.

PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN

By clearly raisg the ia the player's md that Kanji is gay and then rejectg that ia, Persona 4 sends the msage that homosexualy is shameful and should not be accepted. Yose's attus about Kanji are problematic, and so is the game's way of handlg the story progrs, we're perdilly remd that, had he been gay, Kanji would not have been fully accepted by the other members of the vtigatn team, and, fact, some anxiety lgers later on about whether or not Kanji is tly straight. " suggtg that Yose's md, if Kanji had been gay, he would also be prone to behave appropriately.

PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN

Rather than addrsg Yose's negative perceptns of homosexualy, perhaps wh a character arc which his prejudic are challenged and he be more open-md over time, Persona 4 lets his view of homosexualy as somethg to be feared stand unchallenged and unremarked upon, treatg as normal and acceptable. " he says, suggtg that if he were gay, he would not really be a man.