Wh the release of Overwatch’s holiday ic, gamers saw the game’s first openly gay character: Tracer. Many of here at Kotaku, an Overwatch fanse, took time to s down and reflect on how Blizzard has treated the topic of diversy our favore team based shooter.
Contents:
- BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC
- THE BT REACTNS TO TRACER BEG GAY OVERWATCH
- 27 OTHER OVERWATCH HERO THAT ARE ALSO GAY
- TRACER BEG "GAY". MA ME FEEL A CERTA WAY. ALIENATED
- OUR THOUGHTS ON OVERWATCH'S TRACER BEG GAY
- Y, 'OVERWATCH' MAKG BOTH SOLDIER: 76 AND TRACER GAY IS A BIG DEAL
- TRACER IS, FACT, STILL GAY CHA, SO IS S76
BLIZZARD CONFIRMS TRACER IS GAY NEW OVERWATCH HOLIDAY COMIC
One of the game's most popular characters, Soldier: 76 has been revealed to be gay - and reactns are mixed. * tracer gay overwatch *
Soldier 76 – Gay. Much like Tracer, Soldier 76 was revealed to be gay a medium outsi of the official Overwatch game. Both intify as gay.
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. Many people exprsed their support for Tracer beg gay as was a good step for reprentatn vio gam.
THE BT REACTNS TO TRACER BEG GAY OVERWATCH
We've piled a list of the other characters the game that we believe might jt be... gay. Or bi. Or what-have-you. * tracer gay overwatch *
Others reacted negatively believg that was all part of the "gay agenda". Some said that Tracer beg gay was specifilly signed for the "male gaze" and suggted makg characters to make straight mal unfortable. Badass Gay.
GAY.
27 OTHER OVERWATCH HERO THAT ARE ALSO GAY
It did me as a suprise when they announced that Tracer was gay back then. I ed to relate a lot to this hero tbh, but that stopped when she was announced gay e even though i’ve been told I look a lot like her. I a… * tracer gay overwatch *
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""No du Tracer is gay""Yeah what about""She's gay! ""Yeah"December 21, 2016See more"Oh, Tracer is a gay relatnship" *mov on wh life entirely unaffected by this news*^ Sane people. December 21, 2016See moreHowever, there is also a far bigger issue to nsir ?? BEING ?? GAY ?? WILL ?? NOT ?? CHANGE ?? THE ?? GAME ?? YOU ?? FUCKERS ?? STILL ?? IGNORE ?? THE ?? GOD ?? DAMN ?? PAYLOAD ??December 20, 2016See moreTracer is a lbian?
Wow, that n only mean one thg -- MOVE THE GODDAMNED PAYLOADDecember 21, 2016See moreTracer may be gay, but the real qutn @PlayOverwatch need to answer is why won't my TEAM HELP WITH THE PAYLOAD 21, 2016See moreIT DOESNT MATTER IF TRACER IS GAY, YALL STILL IGNORE THE PAYLOADDecember 21, 2016See morePeople rmg me that Tracer is gay, I don't re if she is a one-eyed pelin. Tracer is gay. Logilly, I thk is safe to assume that all gay people n teleport.
TRACER BEG "GAY". MA ME FEEL A CERTA WAY. ALIENATED
* tracer gay overwatch *
In the latt data drop, we got nfirmatn of somethg that many fans long knew their hearts — Soldier: 76, real name John Francis “Jack” Morrison, is gay.
We’ve known for a while that Tracer is gay, too, and a happy relatnship. If characters like this are meangful and important to the LGBT muny, and reprentatn matters (which very much do), then surely another two years we’re gog to fd out that another character is gay.
OUR THOUGHTS ON OVERWATCH'S TRACER BEG GAY
We had a look over the other characters on the Overwatch roster, tirelsly pored through their backstori, pared not, looked for hts, and piled a list of the other characters the game that we believe might jt be… gay.
Lov his gay dghter.
Y, 'OVERWATCH' MAKG BOTH SOLDIER: 76 AND TRACER GAY IS A BIG DEAL
Lov her gay father.
Hamsters are, as turns out, one of the 227 mammals observed displayg homosexual tennci.
Gay, but too by tryg to figure out how her new abili work after each overhl to see anyone. Also, she lov her gay mother. Lov her gay dghter.
TRACER IS, FACT, STILL GAY CHA, SO IS S76
When asked, Moira says that she knows that sexualy is a spectm, where few people tly fall all the way on one si or another, and that she unrstands that te reprentatn go beyond simply nsirg whether or not people are “gay” or “straight, ” but also says that she nsirs herself “95 percent gay. You might ask yourself, n robots even be gay? But how, you ask, n a robot be gay when their genr is assigned before they’re booted to life — simply by athetic choic and the whims of their signers?