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Here’s how to figure out what’s right for you.</div><div class="ContentHearByle-kmPyCa emiglw"><div class="ContentHearByleContent-dpPmNn DRFq"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ContentHearByl-cZqgyJ bHLeKI"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH gtxxjM byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd dlWgVJ gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd fhQbnq dzFUnH eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/alim-kheraj">Alim Kheraj</a></span></span></p></div><time data-ttid="ContentHearPublishDate" dateTime="2018-06-07T08:00:00-04:00" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ContentHearPublishDate-eIBicG iUEiRd ivrQAn cZpOSL">June 7, 2018</time></div></div><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--standard ContentHearAccredatnSocialIns-jorO fPzfaa ntent-hear__social-share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div></div><div class="ContentHearLeadAsset-hGbumP fEknXh lead-asset ContentHearLeadAssetWrapper-hfXHEc Grck lead-asset--width-fullbleed" data-ttid="ContentHearLeadAsset"><figure class="ContentHearLeadAssetContent-kOfYSG dRGWbI"><div class="ContentHearLeadAssetContentMedia-bLEIpi jjhWdS lead-asset__ntent__photo"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ContentHearRponsiveAsset-bREgIb hONbnm"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz ccdiSo"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ContentHearRponsiveAsset-bREgIb hONbnm rponsive-image"><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w, 1920w, 2240w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="This image may nta Magnifyg" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></picture></div></div></span><div class="CaptnWrapper-jSZdqE dVZQpq ptn ContentHearLeadAssetCaptn-hPWmSN XczIg"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptnCred-ejegDm iUEiRd cdsJgg fNaHcW ptn__cred">Illtratn by Alicia Tatone</span></div></div></figure></div></div><asi class="PersistentAsiWrapper-VGrR oEIBz persistent-asi persistent-asi--align-left" style="posn:absolute;top:to;height:to" data-ttid="PersistentAsiWrapper"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jNgrSF sticky-box ContentHearPersistentAsi-fsnAmQ dFzKzm"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="SocialInsWrapper-hKMEXV ffgPVr social-ins social-ins--has-background ContentHearSocialIns-jzJiyg ctaZl social-ins--share"><ul data-ttid="socialInslist" class="SocialInsList-cHVTIA ivmblD social-ins__list"></ul></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></asi></hear></div><div data-attribute-verso-pattern="article-body" class="ArticlePageContentBackGround-cNiFNN kJkLmH article-body__ntent"><div class="ArticlePageChunksContent-etcMtP eRxRjL"><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa edvONh body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>Legend would have you believe that once you’ve earned your gay rd, a <em>Harry Potter</em>–like ceremony occurs where, stead of the Sortg Hat, a giant magil butt plug divis all gay men to two ho: tops or bottoms.</p><p>This is clearly not the se, pecially for those people who nsir themselv versatile (<em>HIYA</em>). But often, perative sex n feel divid to rigid bari that make beg a top or a bottom seem like a cult you’ve signed up to for life, and one that you have to clare as soon as two (or more) nsentg men ci to take their cloth off and b up agast each other. The two subdivisns have their own l, stereotyp, and -jok, and n sometim seem as if they’re at war wh each other, rather than both workg together for mutual sexual pleasure.</p><p>All of this n make tryg different thgs dntg, pecially if you’re a baby gay venturg to this world for the first time. But ought not to be impossible to sexually swch thgs up. Sure, people have a preference, but now uld be the perfect time to pe the top or bottom prison you live . So, wh the help of some experts, let’s take a moment to dismantle what you thk you know about toppg and bottomg. It uld open up a world of possibili.</p><hr/><div role="headg" aria-level="4" class="headg-h4">It’s time to disver what works for you</div><p>Human begs are very good at tryg somethg once and cidg fely that we don’t like . In the se of anal sex, this is ually bee of an experience om when we were young and hadn’t que realized the importance of lube (<em>USE LOTS OF LUBE</em>). So how do you go about ttg new waters?</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p>“I believe what I ll takg your erotic temperature,” explas Woody Miller, the thor of the books <em>How to Bottom Like a Porn Star</em> and <em>How to Top Like a Stud</em>, “which is basilly havg a nversatn wh yourself about what is you like.”</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>Miller argu that gay men should exame their relatnship wh power. Where do you align when to beg domant or submissive? One way to qutn this, he poss, is to approach somethg other than perative sex.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="iuz0y5"></div></div><p>“Look at kissg,” he says. “If you iated the kiss, you're the domant one. If you received the kiss, you're the submissive one. There is no aspect of sex that don't have, at s re, an aspect of power. So part of the thg that you have to ask yourself is, 'What am I fortable wh? Do I like iatg sex? Do I like tellg my partner what to do, or do I like beg told what to do?’ ”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>What’s important is that there might not be a right or wrong answer to this. You might like takg your r for a service jt as much as servicg yourself. That’s part of the fun, right?</p><div role="headg" aria-level="4" class="headg-h4">Realize what’s stoppg you om experimentg</div><p>Clearly, if you’ve tried toppg and bottomg a few tim and figured out which of them is for you, that’s great. But I believe that many gay men pick one si, stick to , and that some of those dividuals choose toppg—you’ll have seen their profil markg them as “masc dom tops” on the apps—bee of s ti to tradnal masculy.</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB kNleGZ sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="e5jtrd"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div><div data-ttid="RowWrapper" class="RowWrapper-UmqTg HEhan full-bleed-ad row-mid-ntent-ad"><div class="StickyMidContentAdWrapper-fSBzwl drzyIa ad-stickymidntent"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--mid-ntent should-hold-space"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--mid-ntent" data-no-id="ozcud"></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa edvONh body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>As Miller explas, there are outsi forc that, datg back to the ancient Greeks, have prevented gay men om tly diggg to what sexual behavrs we might actually enjoy. “What I mean by that,” he says, “is that cultural forc wh the gay muny prize toppg over bottomg.”</p><p>The ongog fetishizatn of masculy means that the tradnally submissive role of the bottom is associated wh effemacy. “Wh bottomg there is the perceptn that you're givg up your masculy bee receivg a penis is somethg that women do,” Miller adds.</p><p>Dr. Chris Whe, an expert health promotn and the director and prcipal vtigator of the Safe and Supportive Schools Project at the Gay-Straight Alliance Network San Francis, tak this one step further. “If you're a bottom, you’re sometim seen as a slut,” he says. “You don't ever hear tops beg lled sluts, jt bottoms. So there's some shamg there. And 's feme type shamg, as well. Not only are you sayg that 's more mascule to be a top, but you're sayg that you should be ashamed to be a bottom.”</p><p>Basilly, uld be time to serly check yourself and ask exactly why you don’t like bottomg (or toppg, TBH). If you believe that toppg is preferable bee don’t threaten your masculy, then have a strong word wh yourself. Siarly, if you’re a bottom-only queen, ask yourself why. Not gettg fucked don’t make you any ls gay.</p><div role="headg" aria-level="4" class="headg-h4">Your sexual posn isn’t your inty</div><p>Let’s ll bullsh on the ncept that if two people are tops they’re patible, bee the posns that you enjoy don’t fe who you are. “I thk that's part of the problem. We've lerally ma inti out of sexual posns,” Miller says. “It’s a sexual thought prison.”</p><p>Of urse, if someone knows that they only really enjoy one aspect of peratn, then let’s not disunt that. But as wh everythg sexual, the thgs are ually on a spectm that is often ntextual. “It n change pendg on where you are your life, how old you are, how f you're feelg, and what you're the mood for,” Whe says. “If you thk about people's everyday behavrs, I don't know if there's a difference between someone who acts or across as more mascule and the role that they play sex. We like to pretend that there are, but they're not necsarily te.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p>Sure, clarg a preference if you’re on the hunt for a quickie will save time and energy, but don’t get all ught up labels. There’s really not an eternal sparklg srlet letter markg you wh a “T” or a “B.”</p><div role="headg" aria-level="4" class="headg-h4">To be (fucked) or not to be (fucked) shouldn’t always be the qutn</div><p>Acrdg to a 2011 study by <em>The Journal of Sexual Medice</em> that surveyed 25,000 gay men Ameri about their last sexual enunters, only 36 percent said they had bottomed and 34 percent said they had topped.</p><p>So, realy, we’re not actually fuckg all that much. It mak turng someone down if they don’t match your preference, pecially if ’s jt for a one-off, even more prepostero. “We seem to place more psychologil importance on anal sex than physil importance, bee we're not dog that often,” Miller says. “So why are we makg such a big al out of ?”</p></div></div></div><div class="GridItem-buujkM fVLMby grid--em grid-layout__asi"><div class="StickyBoxWrapper-jfYB jxBcTH sticky-box"><div class="StickyBoxPrimary-dzWDWL cdhYoN sticky-box__primary"><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad--rail"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--rail" data-no-id="9vdz8e"></div></div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--display-rail" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--display-rail"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><div class="StickyBoxPlaceholr-grPmrg dxAvXx"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs 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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

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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