Gays fight back against “gay stereotype” gaming article

A few days ago, Games Radar published an article – “Five game characters with one foot in the closet” – naming Kratos from God of War, Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, Jimmy Hopkins from Bully, Frank West from Dead Rising and Vaan from Final Fantasy XII as members of the LGBT community. A bunch of you kids might think it’s funny but some members of the gay community were offended by it.

Starting off is their supposition that Kratos may be gay because he “accidentaly” killed his wife and daughter, which may mean he’s got a grudge against women, “or something.” Hassan Mirza, Gay.com’s news editor told GamesIndustry.biz that this particular suggestion is misinformed. Why would straight men think that gay men hold violent grudges against women, after all?

PinkNews.co.uk retaliates by publishing the offending Games Radar article with the question: “What is the point of “outing” characters? Is this yet another bunch of childish ‘str8’ boys laughing at gay people?”

Mirza further elaborates that the article’s facetious tone, dismissive of an impressionable audience, justifies making jokes about the LGBT community. Another suggestive, and allegedly misinformed comment was about Frank West dressing up in woman’s clothes and children’s clothes for a bit of “carnal experimentation.”

Gays want the gaming community to know that while it’s reassuring that gamers actually care about the sexual orientation of their digital superheroes, it’s not very reassuring to read that the gamers rely on juvenile stereotypes about the LGBT community.

It’ll be very interesting to know what you guys would make of this sort of situation; feel free to comment below.

A few days ago, Games Radar published an article – “Five game characters with one foot in the closet” – naming Kratos from God of War, Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, Jimmy Hopkins from Bully, Frank West from Dead Rising and Vaan from Final Fantasy XII as members of the LGBT community. A bunch of you kids might think it’s funny but some members of the gay community were offended by it.

Starting off is their supposition that Kratos may be gay because he “accidentaly” killed his wife and daughter, which may mean he’s got a grudge against women, “or something.” Hassan Mirza, Gay.com’s news editor told GamesIndustry.biz that this particular suggestion is misinformed. Why would straight men think that gay men hold violent grudges against women, after all?

PinkNews.co.uk retaliates by publishing the offending Games Radar article with the question: “What is the point of “outing” characters? Is this yet another bunch of childish ‘str8’ boys laughing at gay people?”

Mirza further elaborates that the article’s facetious tone, dismissive of an impressionable audience, justifies making jokes about the LGBT community. Another suggestive, and allegedly misinformed comment was about Frank West dressing up in woman’s clothes and children’s clothes for a bit of “carnal experimentation.”

Gays want the gaming community to know that while it’s reassuring that gamers actually care about the sexual orientation of their digital superheroes, it’s not very reassuring to read that the gamers rely on juvenile stereotypes about the LGBT community.

It’ll be very interesting to know what you guys would make of this sort of situation; feel free to comment below.