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• GLBT? LGBT? LGBTQIA+? WHAT'S A NAME?HISTORY, RILLIENCE & HOPE FOR LGBT AMERINS AFTER #ORLANDOELIZABETH DRCHER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE NARTHEX·5 M READ·JUN 17, 2016--6LISTENSHAREIT'S TAKEN A MUTE OR TWO FOR MANY RELIG AND CIVIC LEARS TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND SUPPORTIVELY ABOUT THE ORLANDO SHOOTG AS AN ACT OF VLENT HATE THAT SPECIFILLY TARGETED LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE. MANY OF THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS — LIKE THIS OM UTAH LT. GOVERNOR SPENSOR COX — HAVE BEEN CREDIBLY POWERFUL AND MOVG, REVEALG A EP WELL OF PASSN EVEN AMONG THOSE WHOSE POLIL AND RELIG LEANGS MIGHT OTHERWISE MARK THEM AS WELL OUTSI THE CIRCLE OF STRAIGHT ALLI WHO HAVE STOOD WH LGBT FAY AND IENDS THE AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTG.AND THIS SUPPORT HAS ALSO TGHT THAT WE STILL HAVE MUCH TO LEARN AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR JTICE AND PEACE. HERE'S ONE THG MANY STRAIGHT ALLI NEED TO WORK ON: G THE RRECT ACRONYM TO SCRIBE THE IMPACTED MUNY. SO YOU KNOW: IT'S LGBT (WH SOME VARIATN), NOT GLBT.HERE'S WHY MATTERS THAT YOU TRY TO GET RIGHT: IF YOU ARE A RELIG OR CIVIC LEAR WHO, WHEN SPEAKG PUBLICLY ABOUT #ORLANDO, “GLBT” RATHER THAT LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, OR LGBT+, YOU ARE SAYG, ALONG WH WHATEVER ELSE YOU THK YOU'RE A SAYG, “I HAVE NO REAL UNRSTANDG OF LGBT CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND REALLY DON’T MATTER TO ME TO FD OUT MORE.” AND YOU'RE SAYG THAT BY GETTG WRONG THE ONE THG THAT PERHAPS MOST CLEARLY SAYS, "I KNOW YOU. I SEE YOU." — A NAME.THIS HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM GO BACK TO THE LAST STAED TRMA THE LGBT WORLD: THE AIDS PANMIC OF THE 1980S AND 1990S. DURG THAT TIME, AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, THOANDS OF GAY MEN AND TRANSWOMEN DIED (AS DID MANY STRAIGHT AND BISEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN). NOT ONLY WERE THE RETROVIRAL DGS THAT MAKE HIV/AIDS CHRONIC RATHER THAN FATAL NDNS TODAY NOT AVAILABLE, BUT STAED, PASSNATE RE THROUGH THE TORTURO PATH OF THE DISEASE WAS LACKG. GAY MEN THEMSELV RALLIED TO EACH OTHER’S SIS AS DID MANY STRAIGHT ALLI, PROVIDG PANNSHIP, MEALS, AND SOME MEASURE OF NURSG RE TO MANY PEOPLE WH AIDS.BUT A CENTRAL, AND LARGELY UNACKNOWLEDGED, FACTOR THE RE OF MEN WH AIDS WERE ANIZED AND MORE LOOSELY NFIGURED WORKS OF LBIANS. JOHN-MANUEL ANDRTE, THOR OF VICTORY DEFERRED: HOW AIDS CHANGED GAY LIFE AMERI (CHIGO 1999), EXPLAED THE IMPACT OF THIS G TOGETHER OF LBIANS WH GAY MEN:AIDS EXPAND THE GAY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT GENERALLY AND CREATED A LEVEL OF SOLIDARY BETWEEN GAY MEN AND LBIANS THAT DIDN’T EXIST BEFORE. FROM THE EARLIT DAYS OF THE EPIMIC, LBIANS STOOD BY THEIR GAY BROTHERS — WHETHER AS RE PROVIRS FOR THE SICK OR LOBBYG WASHGTON FOR JT POLICI.AS HISTORIAN LILLIAN FARMAN TAILS, LBIANS DONATED BLOOD FOR GAY MEN THE 1980S WHEN GAY MEN THEMSELV WERE PREVENTED OM DOG SO. THEY NAVIGATED THE HEALTHRE SYSTEM, OFTEN OM WH THE GENRED NURSG SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THEM A PARTICULAR SENSIVY TO THE MASCULIZED, HETEROSEXIST STCTUR OF MUCH MEDIL RE. THEY ANIZED TO PROVI FOOD, CLOTHG, AND HOG. WH SO MANY GAY MEN SILED BY HIV/AIDS, WOMEN WERE TOOK MORE LEARSHIP ROL LGBT MUNI, BREAKG THROUGH A PRONOUNCED GAY MALE CHVISM THAT OFTEN VEERED TO MISOGYNY, DAMPENG PARTICIPATN POST-STONEWALL ANIZG AND ACTIVISM FOR MANY LBIANS.AS THE AIDS CRISIS SELF NTRIBUTED TO AN ENDURG POLICIZATN OF THE LGBT MUNY, WOMEN BEGAN TO CHALLENGE THE MASCULIST STCTUR OF POWER WH A MUNY WHOSE VERY SURVIVAL PEND (PENDS STILL) ON NSTCTG SUCH STCTUR. AT THE SAME TIME, AS TREATMENTS FOR AIDS BEME MORE PROMISG AND MORE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE, GAY MEN THEMSELV CREASGLY REGNIZED THE ROLE LBIANS HAD PLAYED MIGATG THE CRISIS. BY THE LATE 1990S, THEN, "GAY MUNY CENTERS" ACROSS THE UNTRY BEME "LBIAN AND GAY MUNY CENTERS," AND BEME MON TO SWCH THE “G” AND THE “L” STANDARD ACRONYM (AS WELL AS, OVER TIME, TO ADD THE “T”…AND THEN THE “Q”…AND SO ON).…THE GTURE OF THE ACRONYM CHANGE SPEAKS VOLUM ABOUT WHAT MAK THE LGBT MUNY SO STRONG AND RILIENT THROUGH ONGOG AND, AS WE HAVE SEEN, CREASG ATTACKS.
• 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 IMAGSSUCV3H4SIAAAAAAAEAH1USXLBMAZ9D/4GMM7MZJSQWUMBQ0S7DCBOHEZMYUQZKUHV/O/15QTGIL9WWRYAFG8QEE+PB9G2NZC16J7AD7IZVAK61HHXWEZQ3BK37FHRQJBOMGVME6BZRA9QY2EMTEQI8EMLHRCF8MY+YDHNGJJ4DDIQEBO+JI4DTFUVSY9MW2TEAKIFP2B+KUQ213ZVJC6SC2WH9SP4WBNC9M24V/QFA7FUER/D2MN95Q0IHVRGNXNOCLHRPXVQKNSDQE3GC11EBXWFNHGA+BDVW/N/D0BSHA1FLGXWHY22A/KD0T/WCNWCGMDCV32EBDF/5K0RYTMQQUU7YO6YLKOMB1DLK8TI18I6XK/LVT4JRLAR4FUT8FBMMBAXRSC41AIPEX4TT3Y40X31Y96AUSQ7AIUJFACJQ7LGGPWSYNSLMBV2U5VOYCKOJRIYN1W5MFPNTLUDTDPE0TPR4OZVWXUKKDO+OEVQXNH+QT0X9HB1PSHZOEWR2ADHTMO4E8YENHJ2SJ0YZVZGPKEF1XIYC0VYRNBOOPULTKAXS5Z5K6I54UYOJNK2O4HITF2BKBNWGZJQJ76DI3KTC/EKBT2OQ9OTZZTB2YS9D0BOB0Z/K4PX4P3KNSK42ZHSK3SME9CJIVLKPKNIZIDSBLBAEFJDEUOCZDVTIJONYO+OJAZEQYNBCX4AH3MCAS4CCPQJ+KKATJ50MBPMR0Y0A3I9RQ/14EYQTOXO/ZZGSTM2PUQGQU+UDS2XOJAQF6AHI7PE0UOUOQLIOC3IKJBSDJICJR6VIBXEUECVILUSBP4D1ZBYCHAGCUMP+79FJQ1TS17HJZN0C1NDLETMT9MVZVPXM22ZXM2Y+AMJQVVY2C7P9DSRMK3DOOMQTL...{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

GLBT? LGBT? LGBTQIA+? WHAT'S A NAME?HISTORY, RILLIENCE & HOPE FOR LGBT AMERINS AFTER #ORLANDOELIZABETH DRCHER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE NARTHEX·5 M READ·JUN 17, 2016--6LISTENSHAREIT'S TAKEN A MUTE OR TWO FOR MANY RELIG AND CIVIC LEARS TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND SUPPORTIVELY ABOUT THE ORLANDO SHOOTG AS AN ACT OF VLENT HATE THAT SPECIFILLY TARGETED LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE. MANY OF THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS — LIKE THIS OM UTAH LT. GOVERNOR SPENSOR COX — HAVE BEEN CREDIBLY POWERFUL AND MOVG, REVEALG A EP WELL OF PASSN EVEN AMONG THOSE WHOSE POLIL AND RELIG LEANGS MIGHT OTHERWISE MARK THEM AS WELL OUTSI THE CIRCLE OF STRAIGHT ALLI WHO HAVE STOOD WH LGBT FAY AND IENDS THE AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTG.AND THIS SUPPORT HAS ALSO TGHT THAT WE STILL HAVE MUCH TO LEARN AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR JTICE AND PEACE. HERE'S ONE THG MANY STRAIGHT ALLI NEED TO WORK ON: G THE RRECT ACRONYM TO SCRIBE THE IMPACTED MUNY. SO YOU KNOW: IT'S LGBT (WH SOME VARIATN), NOT GLBT.HERE'S WHY MATTERS THAT YOU TRY TO GET RIGHT: IF YOU ARE A RELIG OR CIVIC LEAR WHO, WHEN SPEAKG PUBLICLY ABOUT #ORLANDO, “GLBT” RATHER THAT LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, OR LGBT+, YOU ARE SAYG, ALONG WH WHATEVER ELSE YOU THK YOU'RE A SAYG, “I HAVE NO REAL UNRSTANDG OF LGBT CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND REALLY DON’T MATTER TO ME TO FD OUT MORE.” AND YOU'RE SAYG THAT BY GETTG WRONG THE ONE THG THAT PERHAPS MOST CLEARLY SAYS, "I KNOW YOU. I SEE YOU." — A NAME.THIS HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM GO BACK TO THE LAST STAED TRMA THE LGBT WORLD: THE AIDS PANMIC OF THE 1980S AND 1990S. DURG THAT TIME, AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, THOANDS OF GAY MEN AND TRANSWOMEN DIED (AS DID MANY STRAIGHT AND BISEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN). NOT ONLY WERE THE RETROVIRAL DGS THAT MAKE HIV/AIDS CHRONIC RATHER THAN FATAL NDNS TODAY NOT AVAILABLE, BUT STAED, PASSNATE RE THROUGH THE TORTURO PATH OF THE DISEASE WAS LACKG. GAY MEN THEMSELV RALLIED TO EACH OTHER’S SIS AS DID MANY STRAIGHT ALLI, PROVIDG PANNSHIP, MEALS, AND SOME MEASURE OF NURSG RE TO MANY PEOPLE WH AIDS.BUT A CENTRAL, AND LARGELY UNACKNOWLEDGED, FACTOR THE RE OF MEN WH AIDS WERE ANIZED AND MORE LOOSELY NFIGURED WORKS OF LBIANS. JOHN-MANUEL ANDRTE, THOR OF VICTORY DEFERRED: HOW AIDS CHANGED GAY LIFE AMERI (CHIGO 1999), EXPLAED THE IMPACT OF THIS G TOGETHER OF LBIANS WH GAY MEN:AIDS EXPAND THE GAY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT GENERALLY AND CREATED A LEVEL OF SOLIDARY BETWEEN GAY MEN AND LBIANS THAT DIDN’T EXIST BEFORE. FROM THE EARLIT DAYS OF THE EPIMIC, LBIANS STOOD BY THEIR GAY BROTHERS — WHETHER AS RE PROVIRS FOR THE SICK OR LOBBYG WASHGTON FOR JT POLICI.AS HISTORIAN LILLIAN FARMAN TAILS, LBIANS DONATED BLOOD FOR GAY MEN THE 1980S WHEN GAY MEN THEMSELV WERE PREVENTED OM DOG SO. THEY NAVIGATED THE HEALTHRE SYSTEM, OFTEN OM WH THE GENRED NURSG SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THEM A PARTICULAR SENSIVY TO THE MASCULIZED, HETEROSEXIST STCTUR OF MUCH MEDIL RE. THEY ANIZED TO PROVI FOOD, CLOTHG, AND HOG. WH SO MANY GAY MEN SILED BY HIV/AIDS, WOMEN WERE TOOK MORE LEARSHIP ROL LGBT MUNI, BREAKG THROUGH A PRONOUNCED GAY MALE CHVISM THAT OFTEN VEERED TO MISOGYNY, DAMPENG PARTICIPATN POST-STONEWALL ANIZG AND ACTIVISM FOR MANY LBIANS.AS THE AIDS CRISIS SELF NTRIBUTED TO AN ENDURG POLICIZATN OF THE LGBT MUNY, WOMEN BEGAN TO CHALLENGE THE MASCULIST STCTUR OF POWER WH A MUNY WHOSE VERY SURVIVAL PEND (PENDS STILL) ON NSTCTG SUCH STCTUR. AT THE SAME TIME, AS TREATMENTS FOR AIDS BEME MORE PROMISG AND MORE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE, GAY MEN THEMSELV CREASGLY REGNIZED THE ROLE LBIANS HAD PLAYED MIGATG THE CRISIS. BY THE LATE 1990S, THEN, "GAY MUNY CENTERS" ACROSS THE UNTRY BEME "LBIAN AND GAY MUNY CENTERS," AND BEME MON TO SWCH THE “G” AND THE “L” STANDARD ACRONYM (AS WELL AS, OVER TIME, TO ADD THE “T”…AND THEN THE “Q”…AND SO ON).…THE GTURE OF THE ACRONYM CHANGE SPEAKS VOLUM ABOUT WHAT MAK THE LGBT MUNY SO STRONG AND RILIENT THROUGH ONGOG AND, AS WE HAVE SEEN, CREASG ATTACKS.

30 Kky Terms Every Gay Man Needs to Know. If gay life was a giant ballroom (and kd of is), kky leathermen have been lgerg the back, the shadows, for generatns.

Long before hookup apps like Grdr and Scff, gay and bisexual men seekg sual sex wore lored handkerchiefs their pant pockets ditg what kd of sex they were seekg and whether they were a domant/top or submissive/bottom. The lor is pretty extensive and clus var kks and fetish, and is still ed today by gay clothg brands like Nasty Pig and CellBlock 13 — and, obvly, by kky gay men.

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 IMAGSSUCV3H4SIAAAAAAAEAH1USXLBMAZ9D/4GMM7MZJSQWUMBQ0S7DCBOHEZMYUQZKUHV/O/15QTGIL9WWRYAFG8QEE+PB9G2NZC16J7AD7IZVAK61HHXWEZQ3BK37FHRQJBOMGVME6BZRA9QY2EMTEQI8EMLHRCF8MY+YDHNGJJ4DDIQEBO+JI4DTFUVSY9MW2TEAKIFP2B+KUQ213ZVJC6SC2WH9SP4WBNC9M24V/QFA7FUER/D2MN95Q0IHVRGNXNOCLHRPXVQKNSDQE3GC11EBXWFNHGA+BDVW/N/D0BSHA1FLGXWHY22A/KD0T/WCNWCGMDCV32EBDF/5K0RYTMQQUU7YO6YLKOMB1DLK8TI18I6XK/LVT4JRLAR4FUT8FBMMBAXRSC41AIPEX4TT3Y40X31Y96AUSQ7AIUJFACJQ7LGGPWSYNSLMBV2U5VOYCKOJRIYN1W5MFPNTLUDTDPE0TPR4OZVWXUKKDO+OEVQXNH+QT0X9HB1PSHZOEWR2ADHTMO4E8YENHJ2SJ0YZVZGPKEF1XIYC0VYRNBOOPULTKAXS5Z5K6I54UYOJNK2O4HITF2BKBNWGZJQJ76DI3KTC/EKBT2OQ9OTZZTB2YS9D0BOB0Z/K4PX4P3KNSK42ZHSK3SME9CJIVLKPKNIZIDSBLBAEFJDEUOCZDVTIJONYO+OJAZEQYNBCX4AH3MCAS4CCPQJ+KKATJ50MBPMR0Y0A3I9RQ/14EYQTOXO/ZZGSTM2PUQGQU+UDS2XOJAQF6AHI7PE0UOUOQLIOC3IKJBSDJICJR6VIBXEUECVILUSBP4D1ZBYCHAGCUMP+79FJQ1TS17HJZN0C1NDLETMT9MVZVPXM22ZXM2Y+AMJQVVY2C7P9DSRMK3DOOMQTL...{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

When I was growg up, I didn't thk exclive tops and bottoms were a thg gay relatnships. Is different for gay vs lbian dividuals? In a typil gay relatnship the terms top and bottom have a pretty clear meang, but what do the terms mean your typil lbian relatnship?

History, Rillience & Hope for LGBT Amerins after #OrlandoIt's taken a mute or two for many relig and civic lears to speak clearly and supportively about the Orlando shootg as an act of vlent hate that specifilly targeted lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people. Durg that time, as most people are aware, thoands of gay men and transwomen died (as did many straight and bisexual men and women). Gay men themselv rallied to each other’s sis as did many straight alli, providg pannship, meals, and some measure of nursg re to many people wh a central, and largely unacknowledged, factor the re of men wh AIDS were anized and more loosely nfigured works of lbians.

John-Manuel Andrte, thor of Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life Ameri (Chigo 1999), explaed the impact of this g together of lbians wh gay men:AIDS expand the gay civil rights movement generally and created a level of solidary between gay men and lbians that didn’t exist before. From the earlit days of the epimic, lbians stood by their gay brothers — whether as re provirs for the sick or lobbyg Washgton for jt historian Lillian Farman tails, lbians donated blood for gay men the 1980s when gay men themselv were prevented om dog so. Wh so many gay men siled by HIV/AIDS, women were took more learship rol LGBT muni, breakg through a pronounced gay male chvism that often veered to misogyny, dampeng participatn post-Stonewall anizg and activism for many the AIDS crisis self ntributed to an endurg policizatn of the LGBT muny, women began to challenge the masculist stctur of power wh a muny whose very survival pend (pends still) on nstctg such stctur.

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By the late 1990s, then, "gay muny centers" across the untry beme "lbian and gay muny centers, " and beme mon to swch the “G” and the “L” standard acronym (as well as, over time, to add the “T”…and then the “Q”…and so on). Our own treatment of our trans sisters and brothers, whose needs often seemed to many of to pete wh the needs of more socially normative “good gays, ” is only begng to change.

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.

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.

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