How many gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr characters n you thk of om viogam? I’m willg to bet that you uld unt them on one hand. Issu of genr and sexualy aren’t often addrsed gam and when LGBT characters are clud they’re often played for lghs or rerce stereotyp; Eri Anrson, the trans wars…
Contents:
- PERSONA 4: GOLN MOD RTOR GAY ROMANCE OPTN
- IS PERSONA 4‘S KANJI GAY OR NOT?
- CAN YOU HAVE A GAY RELATNSHIP PERSONA 4?
PERSONA 4: GOLN MOD RTOR GAY ROMANCE OPTN
While Persona 2: Innocent S was ahead of the curve, cludg a gay romance optn all the way back 1999, recent history has been more spotty, wh Persona 5 drawg cricism om LGBT+ groups for the cln of two particularly stereotypil gay characters who pop up ocsnally as a nng gag, to the pot of havg their l rewrten the English release of Persona 5: Royal.
IS PERSONA 4‘S KANJI GAY OR NOT?
While had no nfirmed LGBT+ characters, do have one character, Kanji, who’s heavily hted as beg gay or bisexual, but looks like the game uld have gone a step further and clud a gay romance optn – party member Yose – an optn which has been ma available thanks to a mod of the PC versn of Persona 4: Goln, released earlier this year. 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.
CAN YOU HAVE A GAY RELATNSHIP PERSONA 4?
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.
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.