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NEW OVERWATCH LORE CONFIRMS SOLDIER 76 IS GAY, AND CHOSE HIS MISSN OVER HIS RELATNSHIP

Soldier 76, the crotchety old soldier Overwatch, is now nonilly gay acrdg to a recent short story. * soldier 76 gay story *

Soldier 76, the crotchety old soldier Overwatch, is now nonilly gay acrdg to a recent short story.

New Overwatch Lore Confirms Soldier 76 Is Gay, And Chose His Missn Over His Relatnship. Overwatch’s latt short story nfirms that Soldier 76 is totally gay, but uldn’t balance a relatnship wh his duti as a soldier.

A NEW OVERWATCH SHORT STORY REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY

A new study found that after the character was revealed to be gay a ic, players chose Soldier: 76 ls equently -game. * soldier 76 gay story *

He’s gay.

HOW HOMOPHOBIA TANKED THE POPULARY OF A GAY OVERWATCH CHARACTER

One of the game's most popular characters, Soldier: 76 has been revealed to be gay - and reactns are mixed. * soldier 76 gay story *

In se there was any ambiguy, Michael Chu tweeted out that y, Soldier 76 is gay and nothg else. Will this mean we’ll get a somewhat more fabulo Soldier 76 sk for this year’s gay pri season?

While ’s neat that Soldier 76 is Overwatch’s send gay character after Tracer, what’s far more ntroversial is the fact that Ana is now nonilly a furry after donng the tular Bastet mask at the end of the story. Update: A tweet om lead wrer Michael Chu nfirms that Soldier intifi as gay. “Both intify as gay.

Both intify as gay. It also tablish the Overwatch non that John Francis "Jack" Morrison, the all-Amerin boy who joed the ary at age 18 to fight the Omnic Crisis and ultimately beme Soldier: 76, is gay. Two years ago, Blizzard revealed that Tracer, the "face" of Overwatch, is gay.

BLIZZARD REVEALS THAT SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY - BUT IT ISN’T ENOUGH

Blizzard reveals that Overwatch's Soldier: 76 is gay - but they n do better than an isolated short story that might also be a PR distractn. * soldier 76 gay story *

Ana wears the hope that will bee a guardian figure for the people of Egypt, who she feels rponsible wrer on Overwatch, Michael Chu has also sce nfirmed that Soldier 76 and Vcent are nonilly gay.

"OVERWATCH" HERO SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY AND THE REACTNS ARE JT THE BT

Blizzard short story 'Bastet' officially nfirms 'Overwatch' character Soldier 76 is nonilly gay, and the send hero to reprent LGBTQ folks. * soldier 76 gay story *

While gam allow to step to the liv of people pletely different om , there is still one difference that uld be a bridge too far for some: playg an out gay character.

A POPULAR HERO AT THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE HOTTT VIO GAM AROUND WAS JT REVEALED TO BE GAY, AND FANS ARE EAKG OUT

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Rearchers found that after Soldier: 76, a character the onle first-person shooter game Overwatch, was revealed to be gay a 2019 ic, there was a statistil drop his “pick rate” the game, a term referrg to the percentage of tim players selected the character durg a game. As Norwegian profsor Cornel Nseler wr an analysis of the study published Wednday Scientific Amerin, the newly-gay character experienced an “extreme drop” populary and pick rate followg the g-out announcement.

After surveyg a group of players, most of whom were men om North Ameri, rearchers found that very few actually red about the character beg gay and that his sexualy would ially not fluence pickg him game. “They got tired of homophobic slurs and nstant harassment and temporarily swched to other characters to avoid , ” Nseler urse for gaymers like this reporter, the homophobic slurs -game n feel even worse.

OVERWATCH SHORT STORY & WRER CONFIRM SOLDIER: 76 IS GAY

Soldier 76 is the send "Overwatch" hero to be intified as queer or gay. * soldier 76 gay story *

Players have long tried to alert Overwatch veloper Blizzard to s muny’s homophobia problem, which has affected both s rank-and-file player base and s profsnal arm, the Overwatch League. And, of urse, bee we’re talkg about gamers here, the harassment don’t stop at homophobia and often clus racist harassment, cludg the e of racist slurs and misogyny as well. It is statistilly te that queer women are more accepted worldwi than gay men.

“Some players reported the survey that they felt other players see lbians as appealg and tertg, but that the same players voice disgt toward gay men, ” Nseler wrote. “Both intify as gay, ” Chu nfirmed.

Bastet nfirms that Soldier: 76 is Overwatch’s send gay character. ) Related: Blizzard releas an Ana short story—and nfirms Soldier: 76 as the game’s send gay character Here’s an excerpt om the story. In the Reflectns ic, where Tracer was revealed as gay, Blizzard slipped the same photo of Vcent and Soldier: 76.

SOLDIER 76 IS GAY?

Blizzard reveals that Overwatch's Soldier: 76 is gay - but they n do better than an isolated short story that might also be a PR distractn. Related: How Pennywise and The Babadook Beme Gay Ins.

Fans had so many qutns that the wrer of the piece, Michael Chu, took to Twter to nfirm that, y, Jack Morrison is a gay man. The problem to foc when we take a step back and realize that a huge portn of the fan base, the nsole players, never see the one piece of story ntent that picts Soldier: 76 as beg gay. We would all do well to remember that, bee as fantastic as is that Overwatch now has a playable, nonilly gay character, Blizzard is a lossal rporatn.

They played safe wh the reveal that Jack Morrison is gay, relegatg to an piece of world-buildg lore that only a mory of players will see. Rowlg famoly clared that Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore was gay years after the re books were fished whout ever puttg that to the actual text of her works.

IS SOLDIER 76 STILL GAY?

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Overwatch Short Story & Wrer Confirm Soldier: 76 Is Gay .

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