Contents:
- VIO GAME PLAYERS AVOID GAY CHARACTERS
- DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE
VIO GAME PLAYERS AVOID GAY CHARACTERS
A study of gamer behavr fds they shy away om gay characters, regardls of their strengthsA person drsed as the character Genji om the vio game Overwatch durg a recent tournament. However, backlash uld ter the pani om supportg margalized groups and disurage gay players om participatg.
He wrote that Soldier: 76 had been a romantic relatnship wh another man and intified as gay. Though Soldier: 76 had prevly been assumed by most to be straight, Tracer had been openly gay sce the game was published.
DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE
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