User blog:EndeavourGuy/LGBT+ representation in Choices

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Admins, feel free to remove this post if you feel it is too sensitive a topic.

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As we know, Pixelberry does a fabulous job at representing part of the LGBT+ community in Choices. I repeat, PART of the LGBT+ community. While we see homosexual and bisexual characters present in (almost) every book, in the entire game there is just one transgender character, one non-binary character and one (possibly) pansexual character. Obviously PB can't just through in a slew of LGBT+ characters left and right without reason, and I know that. Furthering that issue, many LGBT+ characters aren't given anything to do in the books they feature. A notable exception to this in my mind is Andy from It Lives In The Woods. Andy has grown to become one of my favourite characters in the e'ntire game. His part to play in It Lives was significant. He was integrated well with his teenage peers and his story was handled exceptionally well. I tell you, if Andy had died in my game, I would've been absolutely devastated, and it's rare I find myself rooting for a character so much in any game or other work of fiction, but Andy was written so well that I simply couldn't forget him. THAT should serve as an example for any storywriter looking to create and develop an LGBT+ character. As for Cameron, Choice's first and only non-binary character...while I am pleased to see them exist in the first place, they were given nothing to do other than serve as a "backup" LI for Aiden. I feel they had so much potential and PB kind of shirked that.

Sorry for this long and unnecessarily controversial post, but as a gay male, this topic has been weighing on my mind for quite some time now. As I said, the admins are free to remove this post if they wish. Not that they need my permission, but still.