Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@Ellpeck
Last active May 2, 2023 11:06
Show Gist options
  • Star 0 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 0 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save Ellpeck/7a2c18dc4f6051079413e920441b6ddc to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save Ellpeck/7a2c18dc4f6051079413e920441b6ddc to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.

This is the previous phrasing for the Tiny Technicalities: The Pronoun Update™ post, which sounded more aggressive than I had intended. I have now overhauled the original post.

Before we get started, I want to be very upfront about this: I don't want this to be a politically charged post, but I also realize that it's important to mention this. We've heard people say, more than once, that "gender activism has no place in video games", because people want to "escape from the problems of society". The trouble is: the very people that most feel a need to escape are the ones that need to escape from the negativity, from having their identity and their body not recognized. Is that really "gender activism", or is it just people who are being forced to take part in a convoluted political discussion, the bottom line of which should be simple: people should get to be who they really are, and people should get to be happy with their identities and their lives. This isn't open to discussion either: If you think that trans people, nonbinary people, and cis people who mention and share their pronouns, are "an issue", or "not real", then you are deeply misguided - not just socially, not just politically, but biologically as well.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment