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Bard Wordsmith Nikki Dawes from the game Daggerheart: a Black femme who uses a wheelchair holds a pen with gold words shooting out of it
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‘Daggerheart’ Is a New, Even Queerer D&D From the Team Behind ‘Critical Role’

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Summer Tao February 7, 2025 5 Comments
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How AI Erases Queer Content

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Dice Sets Ranked by How Much My Girlfriend Wants To Eat Them

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An Unkempt List of Great Video Games for Queer Relationships

Someone saw Stardew Valley and decided it wasn’t gay enough. That’s how we ended up with Fae Farm.

Summer Tao March 5, 2024 7 Comments
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Palworld Could Be Your Relationship’s New Favorite Game

I tried Palworld because my bestie told me to.

Summer Tao January 31, 2024 8 Comments
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9 of the Best Queer Video Games of 2023

Adventure games, farming sims, and even a musical! Check out this list of some of the best — and queerest — games of 2023.

Valerie Anne December 19, 2023 12 Comments
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Geekery

Queer Dungeons & Transgender Dragons: Exploring Gender Through Imagined Worlds

In D&D, your character’s gender is entirely yours to invent. When you’re already embodying the experience of a half-elf or a cat person, playing a person of another gender isn’t all that strange. From there, anything is possible.

Rowan Zeoli December 11, 2023 6 Comments
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From Birdetta to Flea: 12 Trans Video Game Characters From the 80’s and 90’s

Whether we’re claiming a beloved, aspirational character or simply being mocked, the following characters are proof we’ve always been in the vast world of gaming.

Eva Reign November 20, 2023 7 Comments
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If you like growing crops, fighting magical monsters, collecting stuff, and making a whole town fall in love with you, I’ve got some great news.

Heather Hogan September 23, 2023 4 Comments
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The Teal Mask builds on the sweetness that the base game gave us in all our main character stories last time around.

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Geekery

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Heather Hogan August 12, 2023 8 Comments
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Geekery

Yep, You Can Be Gay and/or Trans and/or Nonbinary in “Baldur’s Gate 3”

There’s even gay sex scenes, like every good pen-and-paper D&D game. 

Heather Hogan August 5, 2023 13 Comments
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Lindsay Eanet July 29, 2023 1 Comment
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