As a gay uple, my hband and I have to build our own visn of what a fay looks like. Now I see that as an opportuny, says journalist Samuel Sims
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- SIMS ADDS FIRST OFFICIAL GAY COUPLE WH "CATS AND DOGS" EXPANSNNO, 'S NOT A GAY DOG UPLE. (THOUGH THAT WOULD BE PRETTY AWOME.){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;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYAUGT 23, 2017/11:31 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}EA GAMBY DAN AVERYAUGT 23, 2017 / 11:31 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SIMS ADDS FIRST OFFICIAL GAY COUPLE WH \"CATS AND DOGS\" EXPANSN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-23T15:31:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-23T15:31:24.000+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":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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 SIMS 4: CATS & DOGS, THE LATT EXPANSN THE LONGNNG ANCHISE, OFFERS SOMETHG SPECIAL FOR GAY GAMERS. NO, NOT GAY PETS: IT'S THE FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE BAKED TO THE GAME.EA {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;}ELECTRONIC ARTS ANNOUNCED CATS & DOGS AT GAM THIS WEEK, EXPLAG "SIMS AND THEIR PETS N PLAY FETCH NEAR THE HARBOR DOCKS, TAKE A WALK TO THE LIGHTHOE, VIS A PARK TO SET UP AN OBSTACLE URSE, MEET OTHER PET-LOVG LOLS, AND EVEN FD STRAY PETS THAT SIMS N TAKE AS THEIR OWN!”{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;}AMONG THE PET OWNERS IS A GAY MALE UPLE—WHO, OF URSE, HAD THEIR FURRY PANNS AT THEIR WEDDG.ELECTRONIC {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;}CATS & DOGS WILL ALSO E WH A NEW REER, VETERARIAN, AND A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, BRDLETON BAY. WH THE “CREATE A PET” TOOL, PLAYERS N CTOMIZE THEIR POOCH OR KTY, OM S SIZE AND LOR DOWN TO S AGE AND PERSONALY. AND IF YOU WANT MISTER MEPHISTOPHEL TO SPORT A TOP HAT AND MONOCLE, YOU N MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TOO.EA {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 SIMS 4: CATS & DOGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MAC AND WDOWS STARTG NOVEMBER 10. FANS ARE ALREADY CHEERG EA FOR BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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 SIMS UNIVERSE HAS ALLOWED GAMERS TO PURSUE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS FOR YEARS (AND GET MARRIED STARTG WH 2009'S SIMS 3). BUT CATS AND DOGS MARKS THE FIRST PREFABRITED GAY MALE UPLE THE {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;}A LBIAN UPLE, DYLAN AND AUDREY SHEAR, WAS TRODUCED 2013 THE SIMS 3: ROARG HEIGHTS {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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SIMS ADDS FIRST OFFICIAL GAY COUPLE WH "CATS AND DOGS" EXPANSNNO, 'S NOT A GAY DOG UPLE. (THOUGH THAT WOULD BE PRETTY AWOME.){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;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYAUGT 23, 2017/11:31 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}EA GAMBY DAN AVERYAUGT 23, 2017 / 11:31 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SIMS ADDS FIRST OFFICIAL GAY COUPLE WH \"CATS AND DOGS\" EXPANSN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-23T15:31:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-23T15:31:24.000+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":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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 SIMS 4: CATS & DOGS, THE LATT EXPANSN THE LONGNNG ANCHISE, OFFERS SOMETHG SPECIAL FOR GAY GAMERS. NO, NOT GAY PETS: IT'S THE FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE BAKED TO THE GAME.EA {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;}ELECTRONIC ARTS ANNOUNCED CATS & DOGS AT GAM THIS WEEK, EXPLAG "SIMS AND THEIR PETS N PLAY FETCH NEAR THE HARBOR DOCKS, TAKE A WALK TO THE LIGHTHOE, VIS A PARK TO SET UP AN OBSTACLE URSE, MEET OTHER PET-LOVG LOLS, AND EVEN FD STRAY PETS THAT SIMS N TAKE AS THEIR OWN!”{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;}AMONG THE PET OWNERS IS A GAY MALE UPLE—WHO, OF URSE, HAD THEIR FURRY PANNS AT THEIR WEDDG.ELECTRONIC {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;}CATS & DOGS WILL ALSO E WH A NEW REER, VETERARIAN, AND A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, BRDLETON BAY. WH THE “CREATE A PET” TOOL, PLAYERS N CTOMIZE THEIR POOCH OR KTY, OM S SIZE AND LOR DOWN TO S AGE AND PERSONALY. AND IF YOU WANT MISTER MEPHISTOPHEL TO SPORT A TOP HAT AND MONOCLE, YOU N MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TOO.EA {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 SIMS 4: CATS & DOGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MAC AND WDOWS STARTG NOVEMBER 10. FANS ARE ALREADY CHEERG EA FOR BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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 SIMS UNIVERSE HAS ALLOWED GAMERS TO PURSUE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS FOR YEARS (AND GET MARRIED STARTG WH 2009'S SIMS 3). BUT CATS AND DOGS MARKS THE FIRST PREFABRITED GAY MALE UPLE THE {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;}A LBIAN UPLE, DYLAN AND AUDREY SHEAR, WAS TRODUCED 2013 THE SIMS 3: ROARG HEIGHTS {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
No, 's not a gay dog uple. (Though that would be pretty awome.) * sims gay couple *
Sims om the seri who are LGBT, which stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgenr. The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs, the latt expansn the longnng anchise, offers somethg special for gay gamers. No, not gay pets: It's the first same-sex uple baked to the game.
”Among the pet owners is a gay male uple—who, of urse, had their furry panns at their & Dogs will also e wh a new reer, veterarian, and a new neighborhood, Brdleton Bay.
But Cats and Dogs marks the first prefabrited gay male uple the anchise. I do not have the full story mted to memory, but some batn of nfn (sign document nsistenci, or g an old sign document) and the sexualy of the guy charge of the thgs (he was gay) is the only reason this happened the first place. Inially the game was not gog to have gay upl or gay romantic teractns whatsoever!
CAN'T GET MY SIMS GAY UPLE BED TOGETHER
McLennan County Jtice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsu after a state agency warned her about refg to marry gay upl. She hop a recent U.S. Supreme Court se about relig eedom helps her e. * sims gay couple *
By sheer cince, the game lnched wh gay teractns as a possibily. Thanks to u/atedwater for this, the actual story is pretty much what I said above, but wh the add twist of an earlier versn of the game at E3 beg ma wh the outdated sign document, accintally showg off a gay kiss, and changg thgs forever! Though homosexualy was an accint, there was a mercial for the game featurg a man a club flirtg wh a woman, before sudnly beg drawn to a man!
Gay Sims were fally allowed to get married! Their preference is termed by teractns (so if the player teracts as a male wh a male NPC, that male NPC gradually "be gay" and will not outright reject the sim unls they have prevly "bee straight") and n change over time, based entirely on player directn. Sims are not tonomoly gay or straight wh other sims until the player tablish their sexualy by hand.
In The Sims 3, all is well wh the world, as gay sims n fally get married. The Sims 3 featur the first ever non-gay prema Sim s origal town Sunset Valley- Gobias Koffi (y, based on Tobias om Arrted Development) whose profile says he prefers the pany of male iends. A later downloadable town om the Sims 3 Store featur an explic gay uple wh a child.
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Sims 4: They exist, and so do a large gamut of people between the reigng champn inti of "straight and gay".
Can't get my Sims gay uple bed together - Miscellaneo and Personal Stuff I Mt Share - Straight Dope Msage Board.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
Gay uple havg baby. "We have a big LGBTQ+ muny that is sufferg so much unr Put’s regime and homophobic laws that are harsher and harsher every year, " Nhanchel said.
"Managg a big Rsian Sims muny on social media, my first thought when I saw the news was "Oh no, they're gonna blame the gay muny for this, 's gonna get even more worse, '" Khakov said. "There's already so much homophobia that n be noticed every time The Sims celebrat beg queer.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
And this is exactly what this cisn do: You're makg homophob even angrier at the LBGTQ+ muny.
They thk 'First they ed my favore gam wh their gay stuff and now I n't even play .
This is how gam wh gay romanc, cludg both Starw Valley and Miopia, are still able to be sold the untry. Instead, the laws stead prohib LGBTQ+ ntent to be ed marketg, statg the e of such uld be nsired "gay propoganda" aimed towards mors. While Khakov said the gay relatnship seen the trailer was great and progrsive, he believ The Sims team's unwillgns to alter the marketg favor of makg sure Rsian LGBTQ+ players have accs to the game is trimental and ultimately pli wh Rsia's sire to keep LGBTQ+ ntent out of the untry.
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"It's better to see a Disney movie whout a few scen wh gays that were add as a token then not see at all--and the lbian uple that's beg ed for the promotnal mpaign is, while beg super great and progrsive, sentially a ty part of a game that's gog to exist for many more years. Where were your prcipl when you showed a gay uple's weddg the Rsian trailer earlier? #weddgsforssia — Кактак Аламировна (@AlamiraGam) Febary 10, 2022 "When you're celebratg equaly and your 'valu', you're celebratg wh everyone except for the more opprsed gay muny that you jt exclud om the narrative.
In this gui I'll be g faiar terms (like transgenr and cisgenr, non-bary, gay, straight, bisexual, and asexual/aromantic) bee the are the lived experienc that the ctomisatn optns aim to allow you to replite.