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Contents:

• HOW GAMG’S BREAKOUT GAY CHARACTER CAME TO BE
• DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO FEATURE BWARE'S FIRST 'FULLY GAY' MALE
• CAN YOU BE GAY DRAGON AGE: ORIGS?
• DRAGON AGE 3 INQUISN WRER HS BACK ON CRICS OF GAY CHARACTER
• DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO CLU BWARE'S FIRST "FULLY GAY" MALE PARTY MEMBER
• DRAGON AGE: INQUISN HAS STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL, AND GAY ROMANC BEE THEY TELL DIFFERENT STORI, BWARE SAYS
• HOW I REALIZED MY DRAGON AGE: INQUISN CHARACTER IS GAY
• DRAGON AGE: INQUISN GAY SEX SCENE
• DRAGON AGE: ORIGS - IT’S CRIMAL THAT YOU CAN'T BE GAY WH ALISTAIR
• DRAGON AGE 2’S GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSIAL WH STRAIGHT, GAY GAMERS
• GAY ALISTAIR ALL--ONE COMPATIBILY MOD

HOW GAMG’S BREAKOUT GAY CHARACTER CAME TO BE

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DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO FEATURE BWARE'S FIRST 'FULLY GAY' MALE

A Brief History of Gay Marriage Vio Gam. Dragon Age: Inquisn has straight, bisexual, and gay romanc bee they tell different stori, Bware says.

How I realized by Dragon Age: Inquisn character is gay. But there’s one gamg character revealed the last 12 months whose homosexualy clearly marks a big step forward for the cln of diverse characters the tl we play. In 2003, the stud released Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and, , troduced the first known gay character the Star Wars universe the form of Juhani, a female character who uld romance female players.

In the realm of gamg, to say nothg of society as a whole, we've seen a higher number of lbian relatnships rather than those between two men - certaly there are a disproportnate number of gam that feature stanc of lbianism wh varyg levels of pth, pared wh few which do the same for guy-on-guy relatns - but regardls, perhaps this explas why the stud’s follow-up tl ntued to champn same-sex relatnships the form of bisexualy and ntue not to offer an out-gay male party member. So wasn’t until Dragon Age: Inquisn that the veloper add what Gair referred to as s first “fully gay” male character a blog post; a throwaway term which he stantly me unr fire for om both LGBT activists and those who don’t support gay rights alike. “The post’s purpose was to announce Dorian’s existence, not to announce that he was gay, and yet felt awkward to talk around that fact when ma up an important part – if not the only important part – of who he is, ” he says.

CAN YOU BE GAY DRAGON AGE: ORIGS?

“I do wish now that I hadn’t said that he was ‘fully gay’.

DRAGON AGE 3 INQUISN WRER HS BACK ON CRICS OF GAY CHARACTER

I knew there was a signifint part of the dience who believed that we’d already had gay characters the seri, and I had no tentn of tryg to te them on the difference between bisexuals and homosexuals; still, I should also have known that others uld terpret what I said as a ment on bisexualy self. There’s a way for stereotyp to be harmful, no qutn, but I’ve never found agreement even wh the gay muny as to what a ‘proper’ reprentatn of a gay character should be. Of urse, this isn’t necsarily an experience that’ll speak to all gay people – fantastil elements asi – and an issue that often up when LGBT characters are troduced to gam is whether they’re only there to tick a box or not, orr to create a shallow faça of clivy.

When asked whether he’d class Dorian as a “gay character” who perhaps reli too heavily on stereotyp, or stead as a more nuanced “character who happens to be gay”, Gair shar his view that ’s not always as easy a distctn as many assume. “What nstut a gay stereotype is a difficult subject, ” Gair m.

DRAGON AGE: INQUISN TO CLU BWARE'S FIRST "FULLY GAY" MALE PARTY MEMBER

“Certaly there’s a way for stereotyp to be harmful, no qutn, but I’ve never found agreement even wh the gay muny as to what a ‘proper’ reprentatn of a gay character should be.

DRAGON AGE: INQUISN HAS STRAIGHT, BISEXUAL, AND GAY ROMANC BEE THEY TELL DIFFERENT STORI, BWARE SAYS

Some suggt that gay male characters mt chew all characteristics that uld be scribed as ‘too overt’: they nnot be effemate, nnot be stylish, and certaly nnot be sexual whout someone accg them of beg a harmful stereotype.

Are they not the ‘right’ type of gay? Are gay male characters required to be pletely straight-actg and straight-lookg orr to be prentable for public nsumptn?

HOW I REALIZED MY DRAGON AGE: INQUISN CHARACTER IS GAY

Mt they also avoid any ‘negative’ characteristic which uld be nsted as a trope or some kd of mentary on gay people at large?

DRAGON AGE: INQUISN GAY SEX SCENE

You may argue player characters have been able to be gay BWare gam before now, and ’s te. But there’s a big difference between a gay player character and Dorian. Instead, relatable characters are begng to be exorably woven to the gam we marks one of the first tim a gay male gamer n fd himself already a fictnal world, stead of puttg themselv .

DRAGON AGE: ORIGS - IT’S CRIMAL THAT YOU CAN'T BE GAY WH ALISTAIR

Dragon Age: Inquisn's latt party member has been revealed as Dorian, a mage who is veloper BWare's first "fully gay" male party member ever.

DRAGON AGE 2’S GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSIAL WH STRAIGHT, GAY GAMERS

"Dorian is gay—he is, fact, the first fully gay character I've had the opportuny to wre, " Gair explaed. "Though gay and bisexual characters have appeared BWare gam before, Dorian is set to take the stage as the first gay male party member. Though Mass Effect 3 feature both Samantha Traynor and Steve Cortez as gay characters, neher was playable, while Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic's Juhani was a lbian (though a dg bug ially ma her bisexual).

GAY ALISTAIR ALL--ONE COMPATIBILY MOD

Earlier this year Gair took the opportuny to talk about gay protagonists gam, explag that spe ristance om some parti wasn't much to clu, and was surely worth so those who feel alone and don't see anyone like them reprented gam n feel we recently dissected why we need more gay characters gam, one of the key pots we brought up was that while we see more lbians, gay mal rema absent om many vio gam for a multu of reasons. [Spoilers All]How satisfied are you wh the var gay romance optns the three current Dragon Age gam? (Dragon Age 2) Anrs, Bisexual Male (Dragon Age 2) Fenris, Bisexual Male (Dragon Age 2) Isabela, Bisexual Female (Dragon Age 2) Merrill, Bisexual Female (Dragon Age: Inquisn) Dorian, Gay Male (Dragon Age: Inquisn) Sera, Lbian Female (Dragon Age: Inquisn) Iron Bull, Bisexual Male (Dragon Age: Inquisn) Josephe, Bisexual Female.

Orlians regard homosexualy as a mere quirk of character, and the Antivan Crows show a wkg tolerance for relatns wh multiple partners of eher sex. There is prsure certa circl, such as the elv and the human nobily, to marry a partner of the oppose sex, but this is motivated by pragmatism rather than moraly; a homosexual uple nnot have blogil children. Y, we’re talkg about Dragon Age: Origs and the very start of gay romance BWare’s fantasy seri.

Y, you n be gay Dragon Age: Origs, right? Are there any romance optns like Dorian Pav and Sera om Dragon Age: Inquisn that is solely dited to gay players? So, y you n be gay Dragon Age: Origs – but do live up well to the standards of 2020?