Maybe you've seen the recent vio that purports to show "what actually happens when gay guys see other gay guys and straight people aren't around." While I n't nfirm or ny the accuracy of the clip's subject matter (still wag on clearance om the Gay Agenda), I n say that s edy is rooted a rich…
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- WH SO MANY VELOPERS EMBRACG QUEER CHARACTERS, IS THERE STILL A PLACE FOR GAY DG GAMG?
- GAY CODG HCHCK FILMS
- GAY COD
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
WH SO MANY VELOPERS EMBRACG QUEER CHARACTERS, IS THERE STILL A PLACE FOR GAY DG GAMG?
Gay Codg Gam: Wh velopers growg more progrsive toward reprentatn, is gay dg even necsary anymore? * gay coding *
What the hell is gay dg? Not eful dg, like Python or anythg, but gay dg.
The practice where characters are given tras intifiable to members of the LGBTQ muny whout explicly statg they’re gay. Bee I have grown up an era where gay characters n jt be gay on TV and movi, and where plenty of RPGs have let me craft my own ltle homo adventur, I’ve started to qutn why would even need to utilize gay dg anymore.
” Jt how gay is ?
GAY CODG HCHCK FILMS
Queer dg is the procs which characters are portrayed as gay g subtext but are never explicly stated to be queer. Characteristics associated wh queerns are applied to queer d characters. * gay coding *
But Wiersma is takg a different approach and stillg LGBTQ them to the game g gay dg. And I get how is to skate through life not experiencg any noticeable level of homophobia om the outsi world, which is why ’s easy for me to relate to not only how Wiersma is choosg to prent Lofty Qut, but also the unfortunate benefs of dog so.
” Gay dg go back que a ways It’s that kd of toxicy the world that n make me unrstand why an LGBTQ creator would want to e gay dg their works rather than al wh the strs that n e wh prentg an openly queer game that uld end up the crosshairs of the wrong people.
In fact, ’s how I image the whole ia of gay dg got started the first place.
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In typil Hchck-ian fashn, the "Master of Spense" often employed his films subtle referenc to gay culture, fyg nservative attus of the late '50s. * gay coding *
I’m not sure of s exact origs, but there is a betiful documentary short available on Paramount+ right now verg gay dg 20th-century advertisg. The Arrow Collar Man was somebody that men wanted to be, women wanted to be wh, and gay men wanted both. But or no , gays would ntue to flock to the more welg arms of the arts and entertament dtry.
From the limp-wristed sissi who were there for a lgh to the butch women who uld handle a six-shooter like nobody else, straight dienc may not have been totally kosher wh posive or even ntral reprentatn of gay characters cema, but chanc are most of them were too thick to regnize .
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
"Jafar's orig story is that he's gay and pissed." * gay coding *
I mean, jt thk about how many women thought Liberace jt need to fd the right woman or how lns of people watched Tony Curtis and Lrence Olivier talk about eatg oysters and snails Spartac, a scene so gay mak Brokeback Mounta look like Def Jam’s How to Be a Player. While there are queer-oriented gam on the market, ’s not hard to see gay-d entertament if you know what you’re lookg for.
For everyone else, EarthBound creator Shigato Itoi nfirmed the years followg the game’s release that Tony was fact a gay child.