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
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Though Soldier: 76 had prevly been assumed by most to be straight, Tracer had been openly gay sce the game was published. The majory had heard about Soldier: 76 beg gay but didn’t re. They got tired of homophobic slurs and nstant harassment and temporarily swched to other characters to avoid .
Some players reported the survey that they felt other players see lbians as appealg and tertg, but that the same players voice disgt toward gay men. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.
DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE
“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.