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As we step into the month of June, we wanted to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate something very important: Pride Month.

Pride Month serves as a reminder of the progress we have made towards creating a more equitable and inclusive society, as well as the work that still lies ahead. It’s an opportunity for us to reflect on the importance of celebrating and embracing the diverse identities and experiences that enrich our lives with different perspectives. At GOG, we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords, but fundamental principles that drive innovation, foster collaboration, and enable us to simply grow as people, as well.

To celebrate Pride Month, our queer team members selected the variety of games containing LGBTQAI+ themes and characters, all available on GOG. Inclusive environments and diverse characters create a safe space to have fun and express yourself for all kinds of gamers!



This time, we decided to choose a slightly different approach, to make browsing LGBTQAI+ games much easier; instead of just one collection, we created a whole page and divided it into categories.

Among such, we’ve created a list of games containing masculine romance representation – we’ve gathered all the games we could think of that include romance representation between male characters. Whether it’s Kerry Eurodyne in Cyberpunk 2077, Kim Kitsuragi in Disco Elysium, or Nailsmith in Hollow Knight, we tried our best to get them all! If you have any other recommendations that slipped our attention though, feel free to share them with us.

Another category you’ll notice is, of course, a set of games containing female romance representation. Through the emotional story of Unpacking, walking alongside protagonists of Life is Strange, getting to know Undyne in Undertale, and even more – we’re sure they’ll all steal your hearts!

In Choose-Your-Gender category, we’ve gathered games that allow you to play around and choose your gender representation in the virtual world freely. It’s a great way to explore your own identity, as well as try to put yourself in other people’s shoes – all while being in the safety of your own game, NPCs, without an ounce of worry about judgement.

Last but not least, we’re proud to present a list of games featuring transgender characters. Representation of trans people in video games is just as important as in any other media – and we couldn’t be happier to see the number of them slowly growing. Meet Claire ( Cyberpunk 2077), Sam ( Normal Lost Phone), Jackie ( Night in the Woods), and many more!



Let’s celebrate Pride Month – and together, make love last forever!
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LU2004: please stop pushing this agenda, not everyone agrees with it.
And yet you willingly opened this thread. Is it that hard to ignore stuff you don't like or agree with?
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BreOl72: Nice surprise to find that the locking of this thread was only temporarily.
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toma85: I disagree here. The only thing this thread is doing is opening the floodgates to have a Twitter battlefield right here in this thread. Right now, most of the posts are off-topic and have nothing to do with the actual topic. The games of the sale.

This thread should be locked and stay locked.
And that way hate wins, and the LGBT+ community is effective silenced here

[Modded.]
Post edited June 07, 2023 by Clownski_
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toma85: I disagree here. The only thing this thread is doing is opening the floodgates to have a Twitter battlefield right here in this thread. Right now, most of the posts are off-topic and have nothing to do with the actual topic. The games of the sale.

This thread should be locked and stay locked.
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mechmouse: And that way hate wins, and the LGBT+ community is effective silenced here
Because a thread about a games sale gets locked? Don't be ridiculous. This thread is already a lot more political as the forum usually allows. No matter what your ideas are, a thread about a games sale is not the right place to discuss them.

Btw, the idiots comparing the movement to child abuse should be reported and apart from that ignored.

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cielaqu: I'm a straight, white man, and proud of that.
Let's start a parade to celebrate it.
Post edited June 07, 2023 by neumi5694
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mechmouse: And that way hate wins, and the LGBT+ community is effective silenced here
I disagree with this. It is not about winning or losing. It is also not question about silencing. I also doubt that you help anyone with this thread. This forum has rules. This thread is about games of a sale. Right now, you can see that it is impossible to have an actual on-topic discussion.
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slbunny: Sale on Life is Strange games?
Haven't seen them on sale, but they would fit for sure.

It would also be nice, if GOG got "Tell Me Why", but so far I have only seen it on XBox and Steam.
Post edited June 07, 2023 by neumi5694
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Iuviuv87: My retort is that you are pushing degenerate behavior, child grooming, and child mutilation.
And a retort is all it is

All you have is bigotry

Not facts, or evidence, just out dated views reinforced with hate

Homosexuality is an observed fact across the animal kingdom, the idea its degenerate or unnatural has been wildly debunked.

Demonisation of a group through casting them as a danger to children has been the default misinformation weapon for the far right for centuries. You did it for the Jews, Black, immigrants, gays and now Trans people. its the same old lie just reeled out over and over/

As for "Child Mutilation" its just a specific evolution of the above, targeted for Trans people, that ignores medical evidence in favour of sensationalism.
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mechmouse: And that way hate wins, and the LGBT+ community is effective silenced here
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toma85: I disagree with this. It is not about winning or losing. It is also not question about silencing. I also doubt that you help anyone with this thread. This forum has rules. This thread is about games of a sale. Right now, you can see that it is impossible to have an actual on-topic discussion.
I agree

But as I said before

Being LGBT+ is as political as having red hair or being left handed.

Its the oppression of those people that is political.

Want rid of the politics, then filter out the hate.
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Iuviuv87: As it should be.

My retort is that you are pushing degenerate behavior, child grooming, and child mutilation.
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Syphon72: Funny how both sides can't respect peoples views. I'm not going just base off this thread. It's all about dividing us.
The two sides are

"I exist"

and

"I don't want you to exist"

There is no middle ground, no "respect" for those that want to see you disappear
Post edited June 07, 2023 by mechmouse
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mechmouse: Being LGBT+ is as political as having red hair or being left handed.
No.
There is no red haired community and also no left handed community.

One can be straight, lesbian, gay whatever. If you want to talk about what you are, use the right names for it.
You can even say "anything but straight".

But "LGBT+" (give or take some additional letters) has become a political term. It defines a group - very often called a 'community' - and it's members keep repeating that they are part of that a community. The moment you claim to be part of a community and want something in the name of that community, it's political. There was already a political group behind it before the term was even used.
Post edited June 07, 2023 by neumi5694
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mechmouse: Want rid of the politics, then filter out the hate.
And this is basically the problem. The hate won't go away. It is present all over the internet. A thread about games won't change anything.
I won't get into "should they?" or "shouldn't they?"...

... but...

... I will say that I really hate GOG setting up a sale...

... and...

... half the games listed aren't discounted.

This has been a growing issue with GOG "sales," but it definitely looks like this is the most egregious example.

GOG...

... "sale" and "for sale" are NOT the same thing. And if "Celebrate Pride Month" isn't a sale...

... stop listing it on the store page with the other sales!

Should I have gotten the message when my Support ticket about this practice -- non-sale games listed on "sale" pages (which at the time I thought was a mistake) -- never garnered a response?

*sigh*

Why do you make it so hard to love you GOG?
Post edited June 07, 2023 by kai2
Only one month of the year.

Whereas every single day of the year is Whale Rock Games day.

Live and let live. They're only trying to live honest to who they are, unlike Whale Rock Games who push out "shovelware" games and then fabricate reviews to trick people into buying their garbage.
Happy pride.


Side note...I'm a cranky pants about Life is Strange not being on sale.
No thanks, but I'm looking forward to the Summer Sale and hoping there'll be a "new" AAA release, even an old one. :)
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mechmouse: Being LGBT+ is as political as having red hair or being left handed.
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neumi5694: No.
There is no red haired community and also no left handed community.

One can be straight, lesbian, gay whatever. If you want to talk about what you are, use the right names for it.
You can even say "anything but straight".

But "LGBT+" (give or take some additional letters) has become a political term. It defines a group - very often called a 'community' - and it's members keep repeating that they are part of that a community. The moment you claim to be part of a community and want something in the name of that community, it's political. There was already a political group behind it before the term was even used.
But if red heads were banned from appearing in public, and had to fight for equal rights, they would be.

The point is no-one chooses to be Gay or bi or Trans, no more than they choose to be blonde,its their oppression that makes them political, not their existence.
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mechmouse: Want rid of the politics, then filter out the hate.
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toma85: And this is basically the problem. The hate won't go away. It is present all over the internet. A thread about games won't change anything.
Got a story for you...

I grew up in a very religious... and very small town.

We had one church.

And that church had an organist...

... who was gay.

He always had his little dog beside him... along with his male companion... and enough rings on his fingers to make Liberace envious.

But he was a great organist... a nice person... and NO ONE CARED.

Sure, most of the congregation didn't agree with that "lifestyle," but no one was going to confront him about what they saw as something between him and God. And he wasn't about to confront them on their beliefs.

If he'd have been an activist, there certainly could have been a fight to change each other... but he wasn't... and they didn't.

In fact when he got sick the entire congregation pitched in to help him.

My point?

I'll let you devine that... or not
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mechmouse: Want rid of the politics, then filter out the hate.
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toma85: And this is basically the problem. The hate won't go away. It is present all over the internet. A thread about games won't change anything.
GOG having a Pride sale does change something

It reinforces the social acceptance.

Not for those radically opposed, you can't change them.

But for everyone else

There some 12 year Gay kid out there coming to terms of who he is, seeing stuff like this gives a little more courage and little more validation.

There are 40 somethings that grew up an era when homosexuality was ridiculed, that used to make crass jokes, that now think twice about it.

There was something my dad said about Reality TV shows, "Why is there always some gay plumber or accountant on every other show? When's it going to stop", I told him "It stops when you stop seeing the gay, and only see the plumber or accountant". He got it. Its about normalisation, just having something regularly appearing in your life until you just stop seeing it as something different.


And right now, when far right groups are doing focused attacks on brands that support LGBT+ right, where literal Nazi groups are showing up to attack equal rights groups; its vitally important that companies don't just roll over and bend to bigotry. They need to stand in the firing range, otherwise it was all a performance and their rainbow logos are meaningless.