Tag Archives: transgender

An Open Letter to Mary Kirby and David Gaider

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Quinnae

A recent thread on the BioWare forums caught my attention, one in which a young trans person gave you quite the (deserved) tongue lashing about the portrayal of trans women in your Dragon Age games as in-jokes and sex workers drawn … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Talk About it: Atlus, Naoto, and Transphobia

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Mattie Brice

(Trigger Warning: Transphobia, Passing Anxiety) (Spoiler Warning: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, Shin Megami Tensi: Persona 4, Catherine) Earlier this year, I wrote a research paper on representations of gender and sexuality in video games where I chose Bayonetta from … Continue reading →

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Catherine: Is this mature rated game about more than just sex?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Gunthera1

Catherine is a new story driven, puzzle based game from Atlus. It is being advertised as a mature game that discusses adult relationships including the issues surrounding cheating, love, marriage, and commitment. It is told through the eyes of the … Continue reading →

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The Skyhook Society: On Sex and Sociological Incoherence in Games

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Quinnae

It is hardly groundbreaking at this point to say that the social worlds painted in many video games and other fantasy environments tend to be based on politically charged ideas about gender, race, and so forth. Despite being wildly fantastic … Continue reading →

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Clicks on a Keyboard: Dungeons, Dragons, and Trans-Feminism

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Quinnae

  What I love about “click” is that it can happen anywhere, anytime, for any reason. It can best be defined as the moment you became conscious of the personal being political, the moment you learned a social fact through … Continue reading →

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Facepalm of the day: Kotaku commenters on crossdressing

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Tami Baribeau

[Trigger Warning: transphobia, general asshattery] Ugh, it’s a Friday night and instead of being out having fun I was reading the comment thread on an article on Kotaku.  What is wrong with me?  Today, Kotaku wrote a post about a … Continue reading →

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The Laboratory of Dreams: Theory from an RPG Sourcebook

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Quinnae

  This is a crosspost from my blog, Nuclear Unicorn, enjoy! When we’re children we’re often taught that great ideas are the product of great minds; blessed ideas that spring forth from the creator’s cranium like Athena from Zeus, fully … Continue reading →

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WoW Insider takes on transphobic bullying

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Tami Baribeau

Just a quick update to draw your attention to a post on WoW Insider today, in which a transgender World of Warcraft player writes in asking for some advice about raiding while being bullied.  The player, nicknamed “Gender Reroller”, experiences … Continue reading →

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Daughter of Zero Queens: Roleplaying as Resistance

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Quinnae

This was crossposted from Quin’s blog. Picture it: a World of Warcraft RPPvP server, 2006. A good friend of mine takes up a wager with a female friend of his to test a “theory”- at least it was nothing but … Continue reading →

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Problematically in the Voice of a Night Elf Woman

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Quinnae

I never did put much stock in the idea that video games were “just games,” indeed it’s an underlying thesis of this site’s mission that video games and other cultural properties can have a huge impact on how we see … Continue reading →

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