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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• WHY IS THE NTENDO SWCH SO FREAKG QUEER?GAYS JUMPED ON THE NSOLE QUICKER THAN A VISG TOP ON {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY BOBBY BOXOCTOBER 26, 2020/11:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3042PX;WIDTH:5200PX;}WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGTHIS PHOTO TAKEN ON APRIL 29, 2020 SHOWS ATRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DANTE GABRIELE PLAYG NTENDO'S ANIMAL CROSSG AT HOME MELBOURNE DURG THE UNTRY'S ENFORCED COVID-19 RONAVIS LOCKDOWN. - THE LEISURELY WORLD OF NTENDO'S LATT RELEASE "ANIMAL CROSSG: NEW HORIZONS" HAS STCK A CHORD WH GAMERS AROUND THE WORLD, MANY OF THEM YEARNG FOR A VIRTUAL PE OM THE ONERO RTRICTNS ON MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVY BROUGHT ON TO NTA THE FECTN. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST / AFP) / TO GO WITH HEALTH-VIS-GAM-NTENDO-ENTERTAMENT,FOCUS BY SEAN GLEON AND ERWAN LUS (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAG)BY BOBBY BOXOCTOBER 26, 2020 / 11:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY IS THE NTENDO SWCH SO FREAKG QUEER?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-10-26T15:46:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-10-26T15:46:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BOBBY BOX","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, DURG MY REVERY OM A PAFUL SURGERY, MY BOYIEND PURCHASED ME A NTENDO SWCH SO I ULD ENTERTA MYSELF WHILE BEDRIDN ON OXYDONE. BOTH HE AND I CID THE FIRST GAM WE’D PLAY WERE POKéMON SWORD AND POKéMON SHIELD. “I’LL GET SWORD AND YOU GET SHIELD,” HE ADVISED NFINTLY. “THAT’S THE ONE THE BOTTOMS ARE BUYG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN A NEW POKéMON GAME IS RELEASED, THERE ARE TYPILLY TWO SEPARATE TL OF THE SAME GAME, EACH OF WHICH FEATUR A DIFFERENT SET OF POKéMON. THIS TIME AROUND, THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN TL GOT POLIL: SHIELD WAS SIGNATED FOR BOTTOMS AND SWORD FOR TOPS. THE DISTCTN NOT-SO-CLEVERLY IMPLI THAT SWORDS ARE PHALLIC AND SHIELDS ARE PERATED (NOT TO MENTN, GALARIAN PONYTA, THE QUEEN HERSELF, WAS EXCLIVE TO SHIELD.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMBED WH THE FACT THAT THIS SAME TOP/BOTTOM RHETORIC CIRCULATED WHEN THE NTENDO SWCH BUTED, AND THAT EVERY NON-HETERO PERSON WH AN AFFECTN FOR GAMG I KNOW OWNS A NTENDO SWCH, I WANTED TO KNOW ONCE AND FOR ALL: WHY IS THE NTENDO SWCH SO DAMN QUEER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT FIRST GLANCE, THE SWCH IS ATHETILLY DIFFERENT OM S PETORS. WHILE SONY AND MICROSOFT OPT FOR BULKY, BOX-LIKE STCTUR SOLID BLACK OR WHE, THE NTENDO SWCH IS SLIM, PORTABLE, AND HAS MULTI-LORED JOY-CON NTROLLERS EVERY LOR OF THE RABOW. ADD TO THE FACT THAT THE SWCH HAS BEEN EMED THE MOST “VERSATILE HOME NSOLE EVER,” AND GAYS JUMPED ON QUICKER THAN A VISG TOP ON GRDR.GETTY 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...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE FANTASTIC LOR SCHEM AND CTOMIZATN OPTNS ARE FELY MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THE DRAB XBOX AND PLAYSTATN OPTNS,” BRIAN KUN, CULTURE AND OPERATNS MANAGER AT GAYMERX, A NONPROF ANIZATN THAT SUPPORTS LGBTQ PEOPLE GAMG, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, THE NSOLE IS AFFORDABLE AND NTENDO HAS A REPUTATN FOR SOLID HARDWARE. QUEER FOLKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE LIMED MEANS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, SO WE WANT OUR GAMG HARDWARE TO BE A GOOD VTMENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO GAM AVAILABLE ON AND EXCLIVE TO THE SWCH ARE ANOTHER DRAW FOR QUEER PEOPLE. KUN BELIEV MUCH OF THIS IS OWED TO NTENDO’S CISN TO CLU SMALL STUD AND DIE TL THEIR E-SHOP, SCE THE TEND TO SPEAK TO QUEER EXPERIENC MORE OFTEN THAN MASTREAM TL DO (SEE: UNRTALE, GONE HOME, AND DREAM DADDY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE PETG NSOL, THE SWCH FAVORS NON-VLENT GAMG EXPERIENC OVER VLENT ON, WHICH OFTEN FEATURE A VERY SEXIST, HETEROSEXIST, AND CISSEXIST FORM OF HYPER-MASCULY (CALL OF DUTY, GEARS OF WAR). “IT’S THE VERY SAME KD OF MASCULY THAT MOST QUEER FOLKS RRECTLY ASSOCIATE WH THE FOLKS WHO HAPPILY MARGILIZE ,” KUN SAYS. “I N UNRSTAND WHY SOME QUEER FOLKS STGGLE TO NNECT WH THE KDS OF GAM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AVERY IS ONE OF SAID PEOPLE. THE 22-YEAR-OLD GAMER PLAYS ON MULTIPLE NSOL AND FDS THAT THE SWCH HOSTS FEW TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS, WHEREAS ON XBOX AND PLAYSTATN, ’S NOT UNMON TO HEAR MISOGYNISTIC, HOMOPHOBIC, OR RACIST ATTACKS GROUP CHATS. “IT’S A REAL TERRENT FOR MARGALIZED GROUPS TO WANT TO PLAY THOSE GAM,” HE TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY PARISON, NTENDO’S FAY-IENDLY APPROACH IS SAFER AND THEREFORE MORE QUEER-IENDLY. “THEIR BRAND IS BUILT AROUND NON-VLENT GAMEPLAY, AND THEY ONLY RECENTLY STARTED ADDG MORE FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS AND OTHER PLAYER VERS PLAYER (PVP) GAM, SO YOU DON’T HAVE THE CHAT ROOMS FULL OF TOXIC MASCULY,” AVERY EXPLAS. “THE GAM BEE MORE VG FOR ME BEE OF THAT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KYLE-STEVEN PORTER, SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER AT GAYMERX, SAYS THIS IS BEE THE TYPIL GAMER IS REGARD AS A WHE, CISGENR MALE THE TEEN OR YOUNG-ADULT MOGRAPHIC. “A LOT OF TIM, CERTA GAM AND ANCHIS ARE MARKETED EXCLIVELY TOWARD THAT DIENCE,” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “I KNOW A FEW DIVIDUALS WHO FALL TO THAT TEGORY, BUT THE MAJORY OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW ARE NOT CLUD THAT MOGRAPHIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NTENDO IS NOT WHOUT S FLTS. THE BRAND HAS MA SOME POOR CISNS REGARDG QUEER CLN, MOST NOTABLY 2014, WHEN REFED TO CLU SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP OPTNS S REAL-LIFE SIMULATN GAME TOMODACHI LIFE. CONSIRG GAM LIKE THE SIMS HAVE HAD THE OPTNS FOR YEARS, THE BRAND WAS JTIFIABLY SCTIZED, AND THE OMISSN ELICED A HEATED RPONSE OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO S CRED, NTENDO DO APPEAR TO BE TAKG STEPS THE RIGHT DIRECTN. FOR EXAMPLE, ANIMAL CROSSG: NEW HORIZONS, A NEWER GAME, OFFERS GENRLS OPTNS WHEN CREATG A CHARACTER, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFINT STEP NSIRG S ORIGAL TLE NFED CERTA STYL OF CLOTHG TO SEPARATE GENRS.WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGTHIS PHOTO TAKEN ON APRIL 29, 2020 SHOWS ATRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DANTE GABRIELE PLAYG NTENDO'S ANIMAL CROSSG AT HOME MELBOURNE DURG THE UNTRY'S ENFORCED COVID-19 RONAVIS LOCKDOWN. - THE LEISURELY WORLD OF NTENDO'S LATT RELEASE "ANIMAL CROSSG: NEW HORIZONS" HAS STCK A CHORD WH GAMERS AROUND THE WORLD, MANY OF THEM YEARNG FOR A VIRTUAL PE OM THE ONERO RTRICTNS ON MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVY BROUGHT ON TO NTA THE FECTN. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST / AFP) / TO GO WITH HEALTH-VIS-GAM-NTENDO-ENTERTAMENT,FOCUS BY SEAN GLEON AND ERWAN LUS (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KUN BELIEV QUEER PEOPLE ARE LLECTIVELY PTIVATED BY NTENDO’S ABILY TO CREATE GAM WHERE THE PROTAGONIST (MAR, LK, POKEMON TRAER) HAS VERY FEW SPOKEN L OR NARRATIV BEYOND WHAT PLAYERS CHOOSE DIALOGUE BOX, WHICH ALLOWS TO TERPRET THE STORY AS WE CHOOSE. “WE AREN’T DISSUAD OM IMAGG A QUEER NARRATIVE WH THE GAM BEE THERE IS ROOM FOR ,” HE EXPLAS. “THE NON FOR OUR STORY IS MORE EASILY WHAT WE WANT TO BE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN, OF URSE, THERE’S THE NOSTALGIA FACTOR. NTENDO GAM ARE OFTEN THE FIRST GAM FAI ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY, AND GAM N FUNCTN AS AN ENTRY POT TO A QUEER PERSON IMAGG A DIFFERENT SORT OF WORLD THAN THE ONE THEY ACTUALLY HAB. “I FELY HAVE STRONG EMOTNAL ATTACHMENTS TO POKéMON; I REMEMBER PLAYG MIDDLE SCHOOL AS I WAS STARTG TO FIGURE OUT MY OWN SEXUALY,” KUN SHAR. “NTENDO GAM SUCH AS ORA OF TIME, STARFOX 64, AND METROID PRIME WERE BIG PARTS OF MY STRS RELIEF AND PG SKILLS DURG ADOLCENCE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ESPECIALLY NOW, WH SO MUCH OF WHAT’S “NORMAL” BEG PUT ON HOLD DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANMIC, MANY OF ARE LOOKG TO FEEL SOME FORT AND SAFETY FAIARY. FOR QUEER FOLKS, THAT N BE ROLLG DOWN RABOW ROAD AND DODGG GREEN SHELLS AS WE CH TOWARD THE FISH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S WORTH MENTNG THAT AN TIMATED ONE 10 GAMERS ARE LGBTQ, SO THE GAMG DTRY REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP TO BETTER REFLECT S DIVERSE DIENCE. THIS IS PECIALLY IMPORTANT SCE, AS KUN BELIEV, GAMG HAS HELPED SO MANY OF NOT ONLY EXPLORE WHO WE ARE, BUT LOVE THOSE PARTS OF OURSELV WAYS NO OTHER MEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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While eventually I would e to realise I am also a gay man, long before my gay shame me the shame of beg a boy whose bt iend was a Barbie. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

WHY IS THE NTENDO SWCH SO FREAKG QUEER?GAYS JUMPED ON THE NSOLE QUICKER THAN A VISG TOP ON {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY BOBBY BOXOCTOBER 26, 2020/11:46 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3042PX;WIDTH:5200PX;}WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGTHIS PHOTO TAKEN ON APRIL 29, 2020 SHOWS ATRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DANTE GABRIELE PLAYG NTENDO'S ANIMAL CROSSG AT HOME MELBOURNE DURG THE UNTRY'S ENFORCED COVID-19 RONAVIS LOCKDOWN. - THE LEISURELY WORLD OF NTENDO'S LATT RELEASE "ANIMAL CROSSG: NEW HORIZONS" HAS STCK A CHORD WH GAMERS AROUND THE WORLD, MANY OF THEM YEARNG FOR A VIRTUAL PE OM THE ONERO RTRICTNS ON MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVY BROUGHT ON TO NTA THE FECTN. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST / AFP) / TO GO WITH HEALTH-VIS-GAM-NTENDO-ENTERTAMENT,FOCUS BY SEAN GLEON AND ERWAN LUS (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAG)BY BOBBY BOXOCTOBER 26, 2020 / 11:46 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY IS THE NTENDO SWCH SO FREAKG QUEER?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-10-26T15:46:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-10-26T15:46:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BOBBY BOX","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, DURG MY REVERY OM A PAFUL SURGERY, MY BOYIEND PURCHASED ME A NTENDO SWCH SO I ULD ENTERTA MYSELF WHILE BEDRIDN ON OXYDONE. BOTH HE AND I CID THE FIRST GAM WE’D PLAY WERE POKéMON SWORD AND POKéMON SHIELD. “I’LL GET SWORD AND YOU GET SHIELD,” HE ADVISED NFINTLY. “THAT’S THE ONE THE BOTTOMS ARE BUYG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN A NEW POKéMON GAME IS RELEASED, THERE ARE TYPILLY TWO SEPARATE TL OF THE SAME GAME, EACH OF WHICH FEATUR A DIFFERENT SET OF POKéMON. THIS TIME AROUND, THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN TL GOT POLIL: SHIELD WAS SIGNATED FOR BOTTOMS AND SWORD FOR TOPS. THE DISTCTN NOT-SO-CLEVERLY IMPLI THAT SWORDS ARE PHALLIC AND SHIELDS ARE PERATED (NOT TO MENTN, GALARIAN PONYTA, THE QUEEN HERSELF, WAS EXCLIVE TO SHIELD.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMBED WH THE FACT THAT THIS SAME TOP/BOTTOM RHETORIC CIRCULATED WHEN THE NTENDO SWCH BUTED, AND THAT EVERY NON-HETERO PERSON WH AN AFFECTN FOR GAMG I KNOW OWNS A NTENDO SWCH, I WANTED TO KNOW ONCE AND FOR ALL: WHY IS THE NTENDO SWCH SO DAMN QUEER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT FIRST GLANCE, THE SWCH IS ATHETILLY DIFFERENT OM S PETORS. WHILE SONY AND MICROSOFT OPT FOR BULKY, BOX-LIKE STCTUR SOLID BLACK OR WHE, THE NTENDO SWCH IS SLIM, PORTABLE, AND HAS MULTI-LORED JOY-CON NTROLLERS EVERY LOR OF THE RABOW. ADD TO THE FACT THAT THE SWCH HAS BEEN EMED THE MOST “VERSATILE HOME NSOLE EVER,” AND GAYS JUMPED ON QUICKER THAN A VISG TOP ON GRDR.GETTY 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...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE FANTASTIC LOR SCHEM AND CTOMIZATN OPTNS ARE FELY MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THE DRAB XBOX AND PLAYSTATN OPTNS,” BRIAN KUN, CULTURE AND OPERATNS MANAGER AT GAYMERX, A NONPROF ANIZATN THAT SUPPORTS LGBTQ PEOPLE GAMG, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, THE NSOLE IS AFFORDABLE AND NTENDO HAS A REPUTATN FOR SOLID HARDWARE. QUEER FOLKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE LIMED MEANS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, SO WE WANT OUR GAMG HARDWARE TO BE A GOOD VTMENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO GAM AVAILABLE ON AND EXCLIVE TO THE SWCH ARE ANOTHER DRAW FOR QUEER PEOPLE. KUN BELIEV MUCH OF THIS IS OWED TO NTENDO’S CISN TO CLU SMALL STUD AND DIE TL THEIR E-SHOP, SCE THE TEND TO SPEAK TO QUEER EXPERIENC MORE OFTEN THAN MASTREAM TL DO (SEE: UNRTALE, GONE HOME, AND DREAM DADDY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE PETG NSOL, THE SWCH FAVORS NON-VLENT GAMG EXPERIENC OVER VLENT ON, WHICH OFTEN FEATURE A VERY SEXIST, HETEROSEXIST, AND CISSEXIST FORM OF HYPER-MASCULY (CALL OF DUTY, GEARS OF WAR). “IT’S THE VERY SAME KD OF MASCULY THAT MOST QUEER FOLKS RRECTLY ASSOCIATE WH THE FOLKS WHO HAPPILY MARGILIZE ,” KUN SAYS. “I N UNRSTAND WHY SOME QUEER FOLKS STGGLE TO NNECT WH THE KDS OF GAM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AVERY IS ONE OF SAID PEOPLE. THE 22-YEAR-OLD GAMER PLAYS ON MULTIPLE NSOL AND FDS THAT THE SWCH HOSTS FEW TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS, WHEREAS ON XBOX AND PLAYSTATN, ’S NOT UNMON TO HEAR MISOGYNISTIC, HOMOPHOBIC, OR RACIST ATTACKS GROUP CHATS. “IT’S A REAL TERRENT FOR MARGALIZED GROUPS TO WANT TO PLAY THOSE GAM,” HE TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY PARISON, NTENDO’S FAY-IENDLY APPROACH IS SAFER AND THEREFORE MORE QUEER-IENDLY. “THEIR BRAND IS BUILT AROUND NON-VLENT GAMEPLAY, AND THEY ONLY RECENTLY STARTED ADDG MORE FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS AND OTHER PLAYER VERS PLAYER (PVP) GAM, SO YOU DON’T HAVE THE CHAT ROOMS FULL OF TOXIC MASCULY,” AVERY EXPLAS. “THE GAM BEE MORE VG FOR ME BEE OF THAT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KYLE-STEVEN PORTER, SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER AT GAYMERX, SAYS THIS IS BEE THE TYPIL GAMER IS REGARD AS A WHE, CISGENR MALE THE TEEN OR YOUNG-ADULT MOGRAPHIC. “A LOT OF TIM, CERTA GAM AND ANCHIS ARE MARKETED EXCLIVELY TOWARD THAT DIENCE,” HE TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. “I KNOW A FEW DIVIDUALS WHO FALL TO THAT TEGORY, BUT THE MAJORY OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW ARE NOT CLUD THAT MOGRAPHIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NTENDO IS NOT WHOUT S FLTS. THE BRAND HAS MA SOME POOR CISNS REGARDG QUEER CLN, MOST NOTABLY 2014, WHEN REFED TO CLU SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP OPTNS S REAL-LIFE SIMULATN GAME TOMODACHI LIFE. CONSIRG GAM LIKE THE SIMS HAVE HAD THE OPTNS FOR YEARS, THE BRAND WAS JTIFIABLY SCTIZED, AND THE OMISSN ELICED A HEATED RPONSE OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO S CRED, NTENDO DO APPEAR TO BE TAKG STEPS THE RIGHT DIRECTN. FOR EXAMPLE, ANIMAL CROSSG: NEW HORIZONS, A NEWER GAME, OFFERS GENRLS OPTNS WHEN CREATG A CHARACTER, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFINT STEP NSIRG S ORIGAL TLE NFED CERTA STYL OF CLOTHG TO SEPARATE GENRS.WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGTHIS PHOTO TAKEN ON APRIL 29, 2020 SHOWS ATRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DANTE GABRIELE PLAYG NTENDO'S ANIMAL CROSSG AT HOME MELBOURNE DURG THE UNTRY'S ENFORCED COVID-19 RONAVIS LOCKDOWN. - THE LEISURELY WORLD OF NTENDO'S LATT RELEASE "ANIMAL CROSSG: NEW HORIZONS" HAS STCK A CHORD WH GAMERS AROUND THE WORLD, MANY OF THEM YEARNG FOR A VIRTUAL PE OM THE ONERO RTRICTNS ON MOVEMENT AND SOCIAL ACTIVY BROUGHT ON TO NTA THE FECTN. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST / AFP) / TO GO WITH HEALTH-VIS-GAM-NTENDO-ENTERTAMENT,FOCUS BY SEAN GLEON AND ERWAN LUS (PHOTO BY WILLIAM WEST/AFP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KUN BELIEV QUEER PEOPLE ARE LLECTIVELY PTIVATED BY NTENDO’S ABILY TO CREATE GAM WHERE THE PROTAGONIST (MAR, LK, POKEMON TRAER) HAS VERY FEW SPOKEN L OR NARRATIV BEYOND WHAT PLAYERS CHOOSE DIALOGUE BOX, WHICH ALLOWS TO TERPRET THE STORY AS WE CHOOSE. “WE AREN’T DISSUAD OM IMAGG A QUEER NARRATIVE WH THE GAM BEE THERE IS ROOM FOR ,” HE EXPLAS. “THE NON FOR OUR STORY IS MORE EASILY WHAT WE WANT TO BE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN, OF URSE, THERE’S THE NOSTALGIA FACTOR. NTENDO GAM ARE OFTEN THE FIRST GAM FAI ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY, AND GAM N FUNCTN AS AN ENTRY POT TO A QUEER PERSON IMAGG A DIFFERENT SORT OF WORLD THAN THE ONE THEY ACTUALLY HAB. “I FELY HAVE STRONG EMOTNAL ATTACHMENTS TO POKéMON; I REMEMBER PLAYG MIDDLE SCHOOL AS I WAS STARTG TO FIGURE OUT MY OWN SEXUALY,” KUN SHAR. “NTENDO GAM SUCH AS ORA OF TIME, STARFOX 64, AND METROID PRIME WERE BIG PARTS OF MY STRS RELIEF AND PG SKILLS DURG ADOLCENCE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ESPECIALLY NOW, WH SO MUCH OF WHAT’S “NORMAL” BEG PUT ON HOLD DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANMIC, MANY OF ARE LOOKG TO FEEL SOME FORT AND SAFETY FAIARY. FOR QUEER FOLKS, THAT N BE ROLLG DOWN RABOW ROAD AND DODGG GREEN SHELLS AS WE CH TOWARD THE FISH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S WORTH MENTNG THAT AN TIMATED ONE 10 GAMERS ARE LGBTQ, SO THE GAMG DTRY REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP TO BETTER REFLECT S DIVERSE DIENCE. THIS IS PECIALLY IMPORTANT SCE, AS KUN BELIEV, GAMG HAS HELPED SO MANY OF NOT ONLY EXPLORE WHO WE ARE, BUT LOVE THOSE PARTS OF OURSELV WAYS NO OTHER MEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Add to the fact that the Swch has been emed the most “versatile home nsole ever, ” and gays jumped on quicker than a visg top on Grdr. “The fantastic lor schem and ctomizatn optns are fely more attractive than the drab Xbox and Playstatn optns, ” Brian Kun, culture and operatns manager at GaymerX, a nonprof anizatn that supports LGBTQ people gamg, tells NewNowNext.

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The 22-year-old gamer plays on multiple nsol and fds that the Swch hosts few toxic environments, whereas on Xbox and Playstatn, ’s not unmon to hear misogynistic, homophobic, or racist attacks group chats.

”Kyle-Steven Porter, special events manager at GaymerX, says this is bee the typil gamer is regard as a whe, cisgenr male the teen or young-adult mographic. Maybe you're hidg the first gay boy and tryg to get a send one out of him? Origatg 1960s Japan, where  was known as “yaoi, ” BL typilly picts two men a homoerotic relatnship.

Some LGBTQ activists have acced BL stori of fetishizg and appropriatg gay culture. Wily regnized as South Korea’s first openly gay K-pop artist, the sger and actor Go Tae-seob, who the stage name Holland, starred a BL drama last year and believ that the growg visibily of BL books, TV seri and movi is a posive step.

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Bdette, who also intifi as gay and is a longstandg BL fan, said the genre will shake up nservative views on genr and sexualy South Korea. “Whether you are a heterosexual woman tryg to ject your sexual tonomy to the world, or you are a gay man who wants to see posive reprentatns of male-male romance, BL n be ed, ” he said. Leon, of Fire Emblem Gain and s remake, Shadows of Valentia, was actually wrten as a gay man the remake.

Byleth might not speak, but they sure n be gay if that is what your heart sir.

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Don't that kd of brg up gay isn't okay but lbians are mentaly? $85 shipped wh trackg to anywhere the thg is pretty gay. Is the Gay Boy still for sale?

I'm entranced by s gayns. I was actually jt talkg about this wh someone earlier today, sayg if I wasn't able to figure out where tf your DMG went, I would assemble a new one and re-ship *wh ternatnal trackg this time*, totally out of my own pocket (I was planng on makg a few more Gay Boys anyway, after noticg a b more tert them both this thread and on Facebook).