Y, 'Overwatch' Makg Both Soldier: 76 And Tracer Gay Is A Big Deal

Contents:

• BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC
• OUR THOUGHTS ON OVERWATCH'S TRACER BEG GAY
• A NEW OVERWATCH IC CELEBRAT THE HOLIDAYS AND TABLISH THAT TRACER IS GAY
• TRACER IS, FACT, STILL GAY CHA, SO IS S76
• 'OVERWATCH' HOLIDAY COMIC REVEALS TRACER IS GAY: THE INTER REACTS TO THE TIME-HOPPG HERO'S TRANSFORMATN INTO AN LGBTQ SYMBOL
• FANS REACT TO THE REVEAL THAT TRACER IS GAY
• OVERWATCH'S TRACER REVEALED AS GAY; BLIZZARD WON'T RELEASE WEBIC  RSIA
• Y, 'OVERWATCH' MAKG BOTH SOLDIER: 76 AND TRACER GAY IS A BIG DEAL
• THE BT REACTNS TO TRACER BEG GAY OVERWATCH

BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC

In a recent holiday special edn ic, the creators at Blizzard have nonilly nfirmed Tracer as beg a gay woman. Blizzard has been alludg to the fact that an openly gay character exists Overwatch for some time, first wh mors and then wh hts alludg to the fact that would be revealed soon. Wh the release of Overwatch’s holiday ic, gamers saw the game’s first openly gay character: Tracer.

OUR THOUGHTS ON OVERWATCH'S TRACER BEG GAY

Heather: I thk they’ve been tellg about gay characters sce Grayson: They’ve hted at this specific reveal for months.

I mean, I uld be super crass and poke at the panel layout: we cut to Tracer talkg to someone out of ame and then a whole ame of ‘look, ’s another woman’ as a fe narrative beat, and then we build to a kiss and cut away aga, closg out the brief arc as a story about Tracer beg gay.

A NEW OVERWATCH IC CELEBRAT THE HOLIDAYS AND TABLISH THAT TRACER IS GAY

There’s a fely a ‘surprise, gay! But I do agree that there’s an element of, “surprise, gay!

I was super aaid that the “surprise, gay! For me, I’m happy to give props to velopers who thk about how I’ll feel as a female I almost ma a GIF today of scrollg down the Tumblr tag for Tracer—100% of is “Tracer is gay and she saved my crops and cleared my sk.

TRACER IS, FACT, STILL GAY CHA, SO IS S76

But I also regnize that one gay character is more or ls the bare mimum. Tracer is gay and that is wonrful.

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'OVERWATCH' HOLIDAY COMIC REVEALS TRACER IS GAY: THE INTER REACTS TO THE TIME-HOPPG HERO'S TRANSFORMATN INTO AN LGBTQ SYMBOL

INTERNET: Let Tracer's butt be the way Blizzard wants 's their visnBLIZZARD: Tracer has a girliendINTERNET: Tracer n't be gay WTFDecember 20, 2016See moreThe social media storm was predictable—rell the great Butt Controversy of April—but really shouldn't e as any surprise that Blizzard is takg this kd of matter-of-fact approach to s characters. Soldier 76 (Gay).

Overwatch 2’s rint veteran is gay, though not many people know . Soldier 76 was nfirmed to be gay a few years after the game’s release, and while he isn’t as well regnized as Tracer, many fans were pleased at the announcement.

FANS REACT TO THE REVEAL THAT TRACER IS GAY

Tracer is, fact, still gay Cha, so is S76 - General Discsn - Overwatch Foms. The Inter Reacts To Tracer Beg Gay. As expected, gamers have different kds of reactns to the revelatn that Tracer is gay.

OVERWATCH'S TRACER REVEALED AS GAY; BLIZZARD WON'T RELEASE WEBIC  RSIA

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Ey kiss Tracer the Overwatch ic ReflectnsThis reveal after Overwatch artistic director Bill Petras nfirmed at BlizzCon 2015 that Overwatch would feature gay characters, though no specific character was mentned at the time.

Y, 'OVERWATCH' MAKG BOTH SOLDIER: 76 AND TRACER GAY IS A BIG DEAL

Now, the latt Overwatch webic has revealed that the character is gay. While some have appld Blizzard's cisn to troduce a gay character and the low-key way was revealed, many Twter ers and those on Overwatch's foms haven't been as welg.

And at BlizzCon 2015, Overwatch artistic director Bill Petras nfirmed there would be a gay character the multiplayer shooter; Chris Metzen, Blizzard Entertament's senr vice print of creative sign and story velopment, said there would be more than one.

One regn that isn't happy about Tracer beg a lbian is Rsia, where "gay propaganda" is illegal.

THE BT REACTNS TO TRACER BEG GAY OVERWATCH

But yterday was an tertg day for the seri, as dropped to a newly released lore story that foced on Ana was the reveal that Soldier: 76, Jack Morrison, is gay, or at the very least, terted men. So to have both Tracer and Soldier: 76 be gay, that’s rather signifint an dtry where almost no major gamg ins are nfirmed to be LGBTQ.