CMV: The first confirmed LGBT character should be either bisexual or trans

I sure hope the first LGBT+ character is semi bisexual

I could care less if they write something LBGTQ in the lore, but it be odd if the sexuality of the character was dominate in the lore, rather than a passing reference like every other character. Otherwise time to move on. As I stated above, you can make any other character whatever you want it to be, unless you sterotype the term "husband" and names.

Why don't you just pretend Felix is trans?

I'm talking about more than just this game, and the devs are saying it because it was pushed by various people in the community but anyways.

You don't see the significance because you're not an ass who would use that as a reason why I said it.

I just, don't get why representing the LGBT is so important nowadays. I don't consider myself a part of it as it seems unnecessary.

But my response is pretty much, why does it matter?

I don't see the significance. Just be who you are, and let others have opinions.

If any defining feature of a character in this game about escaping death is that a person is LGBQT then they shouldn't be in the game. It turns them into a status / token character instead of their own thing. There shouldn't really be discussion past that point. The only way you can even reference a character is gay is maybe in the lore mention "While he was on his honeymoon with his husband" or something and that's literally that. There is no subtle pretty way to do this in this game it's just how the game was designed. Characters don't have a personality or voice acting or interactions with other characters so it just doesn't work.

Like at this point they're better off just adding in a tome indicating a currently existing character is gay. At the same time I guarantee not everyone will fancy one of their characters retroactively being the first LGBQT character added to the game because it either makes them a target for people annoyed with the community wanting to force this idea or it's going to make people annoyed their character was used as an experiment.

For example I am a gay man and I main Ace. I would be pretty annoyed if Ace was turned into that token gay character. These things are better left to interpretation or guesses rather than a "yeah this dude's gay" kind of thing.

Stop trying to force this it doesn't matter in this game. This is not a game where characters story matters.

Representing LGBT the same way straight is represented is important to let LGBT people feel welcomed and normal. People of that community are often treated differently in their life and experience violence and much worse.

representing them in the media helps against hate, fear and discrimination. That’s why it’s also important to have not only stereotyped representation but diversified. And having those in multiple media including some horror video games just helps in the diversification.

I'm assuming Orion is basing his fact off of the official statement from Behavior regarding inclusiveness back in June. I'll post a screenshot of that section.

Even with the statement, I personally wouldn't say it's concrete evidence that those characters are heterosexual but that's just my opinion.

Got it. A single sentence about wanting a family and then her husband dying (lore doesn't mention love for Nurse) is the romance you are describing.

Their tweet may imply that they have never explicitly written about a LGBTQ+ relationship, but this doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The truth is that it's just not called out either way. I would expect any new character reference to have 1-2 references like all the others., which will make those without imaginations happy.

I don't think preference matters in a horror game. Just play the game bro.

I 100% agree, id love to see some rep in the game, especially if there was a new survivor who was a trans girl, id love them. People are complaining about how "it doesn't matter," they "dont care," they "dont want to see someone else's agenda being pushed," and "politics shouldn't belong in video games." All it is, is representation, straight, allo, cis people get represented everywhere, and having any LGBTQ+ in this game would not hurt you in anyway, rep may not matter to you but it matters to a lot of others, there is no "gay agenda" "bi agenda" "trans agenda" or "queer agenda" were all people who just wanna live our lives and see more people like us. Some people don't know what a bi person is or an asexual person or even a trans person, and representation, can introduce those people to them help those people realize who they are. And if you wanna politicize the existence or any queer person, you're a ######### human.

This is what people care about in video games XD