Why LGBTQ characters are important

I know my example is not DBD related, but ill give it anyways because its the easiest for me to explain.

Some time ago Overwatch "revealed" that soldier 76 is gay. And I really dont care what a characters sexuality is, but i didnt like it at first because it just felt like a buisnes move for me. "oh look how progressive we are, we are such a good company"

So as i said i didnt really like how hey did it, but then I saw how people got crazy about it.

There were so many people that were like "I dont want to play that character anymore because he is gay"

It just showed how many people are homophobic and it blew my mind.

I personally am heterosexual and identify as a staight male therefore I never got in trouble for my sexuality or gender.

But for LGBTQ people this is another story and when the Soldier reveal happened I realised that it really is problematic because of all those homphobes.

People say they dont care what sexuality a character has, yet they say that it doesnt belong in a video game.

I think they care, and they are offended by it, which is good.

Get those people who dont want gay/trans etc characters in the game out of here. And by adding more diverse characters they will be upset.

"But now youre excluding people for having a different opinion"

No im not, these people are not forced to go if a character turns out gay. Its their own problem and maybe people will reflect a bit more when the number of diverse characters increases.

Just my two cents here. If you have enough time for making a discussion about how the sexuallity of video game characters doesnt matter and "you dont care" it shows that you are lying and you actually care and dont want it.

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