Talk:List of video games with LGBTQ characters

Adding Borderlands 3

Hey! I wanted to add Borderlands 3, as there are multiple LGBTQ+ characters in it, but was just wondering how to format it, since Mad Moxxi and Tiny Tina appear in 1 and 2 (or just 2 for Tina), how are we fitting that in with the formatting? QueerFilmNerd^talk 02:46, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Final Fantasy VII, heterosexism (chauvinism)/homophobia and related

Final Fantasy VII (PSX) is full of mockery when it comes to male homosexuality (e.g. Don Corneo's mansion, the Honey Bee, underwear for the poorly endowed after lots of squats, naked men on the train). There are lots of examples. It also has quite raw homophobia (Barret's extremely homophobic rant on date night, angry glaring male characters on the Golden Saucer ride, molestation/rape at the Honey Bee) and heterosexism (e.g. getting kicked out after being mocked at the Gold Saucer's couple's area) at times. Everything related to Mukki is obnoxious at best and truly odious at worst. There is the typical heterosexual male chauvinist notion that prettiness in males means looking so much like a female that one can pass for one – as if maleness can't be pretty (see also Final Fantasy V and one of the Tekken games for PS3 for the identical chauvinism). FFV needs to be listed in this article for the aforementioned. Do tons of work to get a same-sex romance result and have your face rubbed in poo like a bad puppy. Not only do you get stuck with Barret but you get a Barret who asks you out then proceeds to equate homosexuality with pedophila. Ugh. I am reminded of Dr. Laura and her "fax polls". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.193.157 (talk) 07:53, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

A few other examples: The game specifically has a character that says "I'm not into men" but certainly none that say "I'm into men". The game creates lots of expressive content for the women on the saucer ride but the men just glower. Cloud gets into fights twice at Corneo's as a result of same-sex flirtation while he's in drag – suggesting that real men must solve same-sex attraction with violence (a bit like Barret solves his same-sex attraction with verbal violence/repudiation). The Honey Bee women appear to look down a bit on Cloud for apparently being a homosexual who wants to wear makeup. The two creeper scenes at the Honey Bee involving Mukki and Mukki and a gang of men (that scene involves breaking the 4th wall to insinuate molestation of a young player) – both strongly contrasted with the quaint loving heterosexual relationship between grandpa and grandma in another room. An ugly old man asks "You want me?" if you talk to him a lot of times in a row. Like the date with Barret, the player is tricked into a negative homosexuality situation at the Honey Bee, regardless of player choices – repeating the theme that male homosexuality is bad news. The only way for Cloud to respond to Barret's questioning about liking the ladies is by seeming to denigrate them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.193.157 (talk) 08:14, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

It just occured to me that the tiny underwear is a gift from Mukki at the Honey Bee and Cloud receives the blond women's wig from doing the squats with the muscle men at the gym. Regardless of these specifics, the implications are clear. Squats are chosen to build the buttocks, blond women's wigs are not given out by regular guys at gyms to other guys, and tiny underwear (especially in combination with squats) suggests that gay men are like women and are not well-endowed real men who don't need to have curvy backsides. It's also obvious that men who look like a San Francisco stereotype who end up on top of someone in the F room who give out underwear to other men aren't your run-of-the-mill heterosexual characters. Also, for apparently gay or bisexual gym men to give out blonde women's wigs to men for doing squats suggests, again, that men need to express same-sex desire in the form of crossdressing to pass as women because of the chauvinist idea that beauty means female appearance. Or, the gym men could simply be bisexuals who (using a Kinsey-type scale) are more on the heterosexual side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.193.157 (talk) 08:29, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Not that I think you're wrong really about how Final Fantasy VII protrayed anything.... but what exactly are you driving at? Are you wanting Final Fantasy VII added to the list....? This is just a list of characters, not an analyze of LGBT themes in video games. -- ferret (talk) 18:37, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

The remake has a gay character named Andrea Rhodea. And also gives Sephiroth's interactions with Cloud some homoerotic subtext, often creepy and played for horror.93.70.114.92 (talk) 19:24, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Minor edit request: Mass Effect->Mass Effect 3->Steve Cortez's "and his ex-husband"should be "late husband"

Minor edit request... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.222.28 (talk) 10:25, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@74.134.222.28: Done. PanagiotisZois (talk) 10:56, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2020 - character Eagle from Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Capcom vs. SNK 2

Please add the character Eagle from the Street Fighter Alpha series. He is modeled after Freddy Mercury (see https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Eagle) and a lot of his quotes allude to him being a homosexual "not interested in young ladies", "You’re a splendid man" etc. (see https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Eagle/Quotes). He appears in Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Street Fighter Alpha 3. He also appears in the original Street Fighter from 1987 although in that game there's no mention about him being a gay character. 94.212.251.76 (talk) 16:21, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. User-generated content from an open wiki such as Fandom is not considered a reliable source, see WP:UGC. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 16:39, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

It seems the gay specific quotes are in the japanese version, in English version they are relaced, but he does say Freddy Mercury inspired quotes "the show must go on" here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJU_QBBETO4&t=2m40s and "no time for losers" here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZDwZOGEqig&t=0m50s and a text quote "care to dance with me?" to male character here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJU_QBBETO4&t=9m26s — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.212.251.76 (talk) 00:12, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: Same reason as before. Reliable secondary coverage is required. -- ferret (talk) 11:51, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Please add non-binary character Azul from Neo Cab (2019)

The character Azul in Neo Cab (2019) uses non-binary pronouns (as stated by the developer - view link below) and can therefore be considered as genderqueer. Furthermore, their depiction is a representation of physical handicapped people, since their right arm is replaced by a robotic one.

Source: https://twitter.com/neocabgame/status/1184633308979687424 MitsurugiSan (talk) 07:36, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

 Question: Why would the character having non-binary pronouns translate specifically into them being genderqueer? Also, how is the handicap part relevant here? — Tartan357  ^(Talk) 08:05, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Please see Tartan357’s very sensible questions. Jack Frost (talk) 11:49, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

I understand your point with the handicapped part. We can put that ad acta. However, as I learned at university in gender studies and through non-binary people I met, non-binary pronouns are a main part of identifying as genderqueer. Furthermore, could you please provide more information about why you think the entry shouldn‘t be on the page. Cheers! MitsurugiSan (talk) 09:01, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

I actually think the character should be on the page, but they can’t be listed as “genderqueer” if the source doesn’t point to that. Ideally, we’d cite a source specifically stating what their gender identity is in the canon. I think it would be okay to put them in just as “non-binary,” though. — Tartan357  ^(Talk) 18:43, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Great and thanks for your perspective. I am just a tad confused, since I heard that the terms ‘genderqueer’ and ‘non-binary’ are often used synonymously, though there some think there is a significant difference. However, I guess it depends how an individual perceives themselves. Aside from that, I am glad we came to an agreement. Cheers! PS: When will the character be added to the list? MitsurugiSan (talk) 12:22, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Why is the character still not added to the list? Cheers! MitsurugiSan (talk) 16:02, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

added game the last of us

Game by naughty dog features ellie who is a lesbian she is a playable character. Cant really remember the story of the first games. Playing the latest one she has a relationship with bisexual nina. Abby the other playable character addopts an adolescent boy lev and his sister who are being persecuted by a common enimy he reveals to abby he is transgender and that is the reason for his clan turning on him. I feel the game tries to deal with bigotry and predudice and it offers positive role modles without being preachy or heavy handed. I think it deserves a mention. Ellie and Dina (talk) 12:31, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

The Last of Us is already on the list. -- ferret (talk) 13:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

I added Lev to the list, but I'm not sure how the formatting works. --IronMaidenRocks (talk) 00:57, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Proposal: Split between franchises and isolates

OK, maybe the word isolate isn't all that correct, but it definitely sounds good. My point is, the list is separated between "Franchise games" and "Stand-alone games". My suggestion is to keep the stand-alone part as is, but split the "Franchise" list into its own page; maybe one named "List of video game franchises with LGBT characters". I understand the list works like this; games without sequels go in the "Stand-alone" list, as do franchise games when they're the only game in said franchise with LGBT characters, while if a franchise has 2 and more games, it goes in the "Franchise" section. However, recently, someone added a Phoenix Wright game in the franchise section, which got me thinking.

The stand-alone list works by chronological order, which can help users find a title by a specific year: look at the progression of LGBT characters in video games with the passage of time, find game with LGBT characters from X year, etc. But that's somewhat hard to do, when many games are missing from said chronological list, because they're part of the "Franchise" section; just look at the 2010s. It's a constant back and forth in the list, going from one section to another. The "Franchise" section isn't exactly bad as it is now, but given its name, wouldn't one say that any franchise with at least one game with LGBT characters in it should be included? If Call of Duty where to have a game in the future with LGBT characters, one the one hand, it'd be the first (and only) game in the series to do so. However, Call of Duty is also one of the biggest and best-selling franchises of all time. Doesn't it make more sense to put in the the "Franchise" section?

I don't know, maybe I'm not making much sense with explaining things. But the main idea is that the two lists should be separated. The one problem I see arising is that game from the "Franchise" page would appear both there and here; in the "Stand-alone" (or "Chronological") order. PanagiotisZois (talk) 17:22, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

:Oop, just seeing this now. @PanagiotisZois, I support splitting off the "Video game series," which I believe you mean by "Franchise games," into its own page, while the stand-alone games can stay here. Currently, the Video game series section is a total of 88,051 bytes, which is 88 kB, and according to WP:SIZESPLIT, "a page of about 30 to 50 kilobytes (kB) of readable prose, which roughly corresponds to 6,000 to 10,000 words, takes between 30 and 40 minutes to read at average speed, which is right on the limit of the average concentration span of 40 to 50 minutes." So, this would definitely fall into that category. Historyday01 (talk) 17:00, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Oppose Split at this time. 200KB for a list of this nature is far from excessive. There's plenty of content trimming to clean up some excessive detail that could be done first, or reorganizing. For that matter, I think having separate franchise and individual games awkward. There should be some way to merge them cleanly. -- ferret (talk) 17:32, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

I admit, that it is "far from excessive," but I think a split could allow for one to focus on trimming content as you suggest in your second sentence. In any case, we could narrow the page to recurring and main characters, then I could create a page titled something like "LGBT video games in fiction", like the Asexual characters in fiction page, where I could talk about all the characters, including minor characters. I admit that's probably a bad name of a page, so any suggestions there would be helpful.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Historyday01 (talk • contribs) 01:37, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

LGBT themes in video games already exists. This list was split from it. -- ferret (talk) 01:48, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Oh, ok. I guess I could just integrate minor characters in there, then recurring characters and main characters who are LGBT could be on this page. Historyday01 (talk) 04:07, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Mmmm no, the split was to get the list of characters out of the theme article. This is the place to list characters. It doesn't need split yet. It perhaps need reorganized. -- ferret (talk) 14:17, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I'm not saying that characters would be listed in the theme article, I'm saying that the characters would be integrated into the text, like saying this character in this game is bisexual, here's why, and so on. It would serve as overflow for minor and one-off characters, in an attempt to stop anyone who wants to nominate the page for deletion (which is sadly a possibility because there are some jerks out there). In any case, before that happens, the sourcing of the page needs to be improved, then it can be reorganized. Historyday01 (talk) 14:39, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Neither page is in danger of deletion. They have already both survived AFD multiple times. Characters should not be integrated into the text of the other article as "overflow". This article, the List, was explicitly split from Themes to avoid that. -- ferret (talk) 14:47, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Honestly, you never know. I would say that every page, especially those in the LGBTQ category, is always in danger of deletion, with people who discriminate against LGBTQ undoubtedly on this site as they are on any site on the internet. So, I wouldn't take any page for granted. Just this year, there were attempts to delete pages like Dana Terrace, who created a show with LGBTQ characters, and attempts to delete various lists of LGBTQ characters which I created, so I would rather take measures now to counter possible attempts at deletion than sitting back and doing nothing.Historyday01 (talk) 15:19, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok. Then I recommend you oppose splitting, because splitting this list will invite deeper scrutiny into whether the split page should exist. -- ferret (talk) 15:24, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, I'll say that I'm currently ambivalent, as I am striking two of my comments above. I'll see where the page is once full sourcing of the page is completed, and reassess at this point whether to split or not.Historyday01 (talk) 15:29, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Dishonored

Where is Dishonored? Emily, Billie, Delilah, Breanna, Mindy, and Aramis are all LGBT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.92.235.225 (talk) 01:20, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Provide sourcing and it can be included. -- ferret (talk) 01:31, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I concur with Ferret on that. 72.92.235.225, if what you say is true, then there are undoubtedly some sources talking about it, even starting with the reception section of the Dishonored page. Historyday01 (talk) 01:39, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Dante from Devil May Cry being possibly gay or more likely Bisexual

I don't see Dante (from Devil May Cry ) on the list and I understand you need a source before making into the list. I've seen tons of fan arts and short stories clips of him in sexual relationships with numerous males (but of course that isn't directly from the video game ) but even in the video game his sexuality is questioned by a lot of fans especially the way he dress, poses, facial expression and feminine pretty boy looks in Devil May Cry 1,2,3 and 4. He dresses up and style himself up in a metrosexual/beautiful male appearance.

Although it's confirmed he is not gay. "Dante's not gay, but I wish he was" says Ninja Theory creative director Tameem Antoniades. "That would teach all those homophobes out there."

Dante loves Trish and look at her as a partner, so we can say he loves women. However he also had moments that suggest he is in touch with his feminine side. https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/11/09/dante-in-devil-may-cry/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/241018-devil-may-cry-5/78996113

Here is a source that suggest Dante is Bisexual (although it's a different Dante of Devil May Cry). It seems the director did intent to make Dante as a bisexual character. Although I disagree that being in touch with your feminine side makes you weak as many of the most strongest and coolest characters don't look like your typical macho men but rather have pretty or beautiful boy look.

https://coreymotley.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/devil-may-bi/

Here is a source from 2019 https://gaymingmag.com/2019/09/10-video-game-lgbt-icons-that-need-to-be-in-smash/ which includes Dante as one of the top 10 LGBT icons. But I won't edit it to the list because I'm not sure how reliable it is.Vamlos (talk) 16:54, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Edit Request: Final Fantasy VII Remake

The Remake has a new character named Andrea who is gay. It also plays up homoerotic subtext between Sephiroth and Cloud.--93.70.114.92 (talk) 19:29, 26 December 2021 (UTC)¨

Granblue Versus

Why was this section removed? Vandalism? 50.158.38.87 (talk) 21:58, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines

Can the character that goes by Pisha be included in this section? Maybe it could say "Pisha and an unnamed lover" or something, since we don't actually know her real name. Johnandsoon (talk) 01:59, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Go ahead and add them! Just make sure that you add a reliable source as a citation to back it up. (Here's a page specifically for video-game related sources to get you started if you don't already have a source, and remember that blogs and social media posts are generally off-limits unless they're primary sources [for example, an announcement from the developer's official Twitter account.]) QuietCicada (talk) 14:37, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Watchdogs 2: Miranda Comay

She is a transgender councilwoman from Oakland in Watchdogs 2 who helps Marcus Holloway take down New Dawn, should this be included? Melofy (talk) 01:49, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Star Wars Squadrons

the character Varko Grey from the Imperial side of Star Wars Squadrons is married to a man 2001:448A:2077:3E7E:1DFF:AF58:417:7821 (talk) 06:47, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Runescape characters?

I found a source for some Runescape characters, but I'm not very familiar with the game (is RS2 just RS1 rewritten with a new engine, or were there story and gameplay changes?) and thus whether Runescape 3 characters should be listed as RS3 under 2013, or under the 2001 Runescape entry. QuietCicada (talk) 00:57, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

2020s split

Notifying editors here since there was no prior discussion before doing so, but PanagiotisZois split off the 2020s content into its own article, hence the unexplained deletion. I leave it to the more active editors on this page to decide whether this move is/was necessary. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:57, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

I assumed, apparently incorrectly, that this would be a non-controversial move. I was merely following in the footsteps of lists such as List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2020–present and List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2020s. Although this is not necessarily indicative of something, just look at the reference count. The 2010s list has around 170 citations, while the 2020s one a little over 100. And we're barely 4 full years into this decade. Sooner or later, a split would have been necessary, and I thought it'd be better to do it sooner. It would also make managing this page more manageable. --PanagiotisZois (talk) 14:00, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

I'm the one who undid the edit. I wasn't aware of the new article, but if that's the consensus, I'm down. Sorry for the undo, but the edit could've used some mention of the new article instead of just straight up removing the whole list. If we are splitting off the 2020s like we have the 2010s, should this article get renamed, or is it still fine if we just redirect to the sub-lists? PowrOfFriendship (talk) 23:50, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

You're right. I did the change so quickly, I totally forgot to address that somewhere. I apologize for that. As for renaming this article, we could leave it as is for now, but alternatively, it can be renamed to "1980s—2000s". --PanagiotisZois (talk) 10:12, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

I think that makes sense. A LOT of these types of articles are so big that they need to be split. Historyday01 (talk) 14:04, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Should Magic the Gathering: Arena be added to this list?

MtG Arena is a video game port of the physical card game. The physical card game is chock full of LGBT characters, and a lot of them appear in Arena, too. Arena also features some LGBT characters that are exclusive to Arena, and not present in the physical game. If we are to add Arena, should we reference every LGBT character that appears, only those native to Arena, or just a sweeping statement along the lines of 'There are too many LGBT characters in the game to list.' At a cursory glance through I count about 40 named LGBT characters, and about a dozen more unnamed, with more added every couple of months. PowrOfFriendship (talk) 23:56, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Ultima, Bully and a few other stuff

The list already includes a few entries in the Ultima series but never once mentions the Avatar themself, the series' main character. As established in Ultima 3, the Avatar is optionally non-binary/agender/queer (as represented via "other" gender option), likewise the article already mentions that the Avatar, regardless of gender, can accept romantic and sexual offers by people of any gender.

Inversely, the Bully section just lists Jimmy as being bisexual. The boys you kiss are named characters, Trent, Gord, Cornelius, Vance, Duncan and Kirby. Not really sure if any of those characters have any dialogue or interactions to imply they might be bisexual however (from memory, I only remember Cornelius and Kirby having any plot relevancy)

Just posting this here so I don't forget in the future but the Japan-only RPG game, Adventures of Hourai High features a trans woman as a secret playable character.

And a similar question to the above post; the My Little Pony mobile game includes the lesbian couple from the show, Lyra and Bon Bon, as a lesbian couple but also greatly expands upon their relationship in a way the show never did. Does that make the game uniquely notable to feature here?--Amelia-the-comic-geek (talk) 06:23, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Problems to connected

Pourquoi je n'arrive pas à ouvrir l'application?? 37.170.77.240 (talk) 15:39, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

queerness in elder scrolls games

the imperial library has a running list, starting with daggerfall (1996): https://www.imperial-library.info/content/lgbtq-tamriel

apologies if this has been brought up before. 2601:204:D381:640:B0C5:1E91:EE90:F0BE (talk) 09:38, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Queer characters from Dragon Age Origins

There's a number of queer characters from Dragon Age Origins (2009) that could be listed under the 2000s section. Zevran Ariani can be romanced by a male or female player character, same as another main companion, Leliana. They both discuss being bisexual (Though that label isn't explicitly used) at certain points if prompted. In Leliana's personal quests you can meet her former female lover, Marjolaine. Branka and Hespith, two npcs in the "Paragon of her kind" main quest, are also queer, and will talk about their relationship if prompted.

Onlypartiallystars (talk) 07:18, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Questionable removal of Eternal Filena

I have to question the removal of this game. The basis for Eternal Filena being removed seems to have been twofold: the first apparently citing an article which talks about the novels they are based on, but not on the game script itself. I have not read these novels, but I have played the game and contributed to a translation project of it, and regardless of what is in the novels, I am quite familiar with the text of the game.

At the barest possible minimum, Lila's explicit attraction to Filena--who she knows is a girl--and constant identification of herself as her wife (not as her friend, but as her wife), makes her at the bare minimum, bisexual, if not lesbian, and makes the comparison to Nights of Azure, which is more subtextual, not hold up. Filena has no romantic arc with any male characters, and the few that do have attractions to her are apparently very one-sided. Despite Filena avoiding Lila's advances at first, they spend the night together in a ferry cabin, and Filena and Lila eventually intimately embrace. The ending of the game has them as the new queens of their fallen people--sharing a bedroom, and sitting on the very thrones that Filena's true mother and father once occupied. I'm sorry, but I find the interpretation that they are 'just friends' in the game's narrative to be pretty much impossible.

The other cited reason for its removal was that the game is apparently not 'notable' enough for inclusion. However, I find this point to be subject to interpretation as well. In the modern day, retranslation projects and Let's Plays thereof have made Japan-only retro games easily accessible to anyone with a computing device of any kind.

This article is actually how I found out about Eternal Filena in the first place. I think that leaving it out would be leaving a huge gap in the early history of LGBT game narratives. Therefore, I humbly request permission to re-include it in the article. If you need cited evidence, I can collect evidence from the text of the game, but I think it would be a shame for an article that is attempting to chronicle a specific history, to leave an essential chunk of that history out. Realsubtle (talk) 01:35, 31 August 2024 (UTC)