Ubisoft lead wrer asks: Where are all the gay vio game protagonist

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Rabow Six Siege’s next ntent update, Operatn Crimson Heist, will troduce the game’s first gay operator. Master thief Flor has four explosive dron that n e major havoc — and a weddg rg, bee he lov his hband. This stylish crimal will arrive to the game March 2021.

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RABOW SIX SIEGE GETS S FIRST GAY OPERATOR, FLOR

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He’s also the game’s first gay character. And if you actually pay attentn to Gridlock's words, you'll see that my boy is gay.

"Solidary as a theme was obv for , " said Antoe Gay, UbiProud Global Co-Lead. Pri is a mment all year long and, the US, our teams support ont-le anizatns that share our valu like Trans Lifele, Gay Gamers, Out and Equal Workplace Advot, and Qweerty Gam. Homosexualy and transgenrism are both nsired a crime the regn.

WHY THE GAMG INDTRY PLANS TO KEEP GAY CHARACTERS ON THE SIL

We have seen an crease vlent hate crim across the provce and cy – om the terror attack London which took the liv of three generatns of a Mlim fay, to our own cy, where a gay man was recently btally asslted jt outsi of Hanlan’s Pot, a beach wh a long Queer history.

A rponse piece on Kotaku reads, "It n feel like a slap the face, particularly if you were playg Kassandra as gay, to have her embrace domticy, a heterosexual relatnship, and motherhood. "So when are we gog to see that gay protagonist a AAA game? "- Lucien Soulban, lead wrer at Ubisoft Montreal, reckons that 'll be a while before we get to ntrol any gay characters AAA gam.

UBISOFT LEAD WRER ASKS: WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY VIO GAME PROTAGONISTS?

Talkg wh Ubisoft's Richard Dansky, Soulban noted that we ntue to see "mid-30s stubbly-beard brown-haired whe guy wh a raspy voice" protagonists AAA gam for fear om publishers that gam wh gay characters won't sell.

"When are gog to get a gay/lbian AAA hero(e) who isn’t a one-off joke? "Eher we’ll see a ba-and-swch like the origal Metroid wh Sam Aran where we’ll fd out damn near after the fact (PS: And Dumbledore was gay), or ’ll e out of left field wh Rockstar, Valve, Nghty Dog or Telltale, perhaps. AAA gam have dabbled a ltle gay protagonists over the last -- see the Mass Effect seri for one of the most recent big exampl -- but 's obv that we're still not really there.

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Rabow Six Siege gets s first gay operator, Flor - Polygon .

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