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Posted June 06, 2023
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!
Posted June 06, 2023
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my name is catte: Honestly, in the current climate, an unequivocal statement of allyship has value in and of itself. I have more to say on the matter but I fear it would run afoul of the politics rule.
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Waifu4Life: See above your post.
Yes, I had already seen it, I just disagree. GOG's bottom line would arguably be best served by fence sitting.
But even if a post like this is beneficial to their bottom line, it is also visible allyship regardless of GOG's primary motivation. Every little bit counts.
Post edited June 06, 2023 by my name is catte
Posted June 06, 2023
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Clownski_: we support LGBTQAI+ all year round <3
Glad to hear it. Hopefully, that will translate into more moderation in these threads than we've gotten accustomed to in the past.

Some of the posts in previous threads broaching this topic have been hatefully repressive of people's core identity.

While it was definitely educational as to why there is a need for activism in the first place (for people like me who are not in that group, don't really know people in that group and are not exposed to the kind of adversity they encounter), it was also kind of ugly.
Post edited June 06, 2023 by Magnitus
Posted June 06, 2023
Perhaps a hot take, but I think that just like when it comes to politics GOG should take a neutral stance here.

Not that I don't appreciate support for any group in particular, because I think it's always good to be positive about all things, however some may not understand that support for one thing doesn't imply lack of support for any number of other things.

It's very easy to polarize people these days, although there are very few 0-sum games in this world. There's not a lot of people that have retained the ability to live and let live, but I guess it's a sign of the times.

That being said, here's a song dedicated to everyone who felt like they didn't quite belong at some point in their lives (or maybe have always felt this way): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk
Post edited June 06, 2023 by WinterSnowfall
Posted June 06, 2023
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my name is catte: Yes, I had already seen it, I just disagree. GOG's bottom line would arguably be best served by fence sitting.
But even if a post like this is beneficial to their bottom line, it is also visible allyship regardless of GOG's primary motivation. Every little bit counts.
And I disagree with your post. For a for profit company to say they're "pro something" is meaningless if they can't financially back what they say since anything they say would be to attract customers and make sales in the 1st place.
Posted June 06, 2023
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WinterSnowfall: Perhaps a hot take, but I think that just like when it comes to politics GOG should take a neutral stance here.

Not that I don't appreciate support for any group in particular, because I think it's always good to be positive about all things, however some may not understand that support for one thing doesn't imply lack of support for any other number of things.
Given some of the ugliness we're seeing right now, I think it is apolitical to say that you're just supportive of their right to be.

Their hardcore detractors are setting the bar very low. To the extent that it is not harming other life, being who you are sexually is an inalienable identity right, not some kind of policy debate. Keep politics out of our bedrooms and underwear please.
Post edited June 06, 2023 by Magnitus
Posted June 06, 2023
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Magnitus: Given some of the ugliness we're seeing right now, I think it is apolitical to say that you're just supportive of their right to be.
Fair enough. But it's also not something to advocate for or against in a gaming community. That being said I don't mind it at all, but the people who do mind it usually foam around their mouths :P.

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Razka: Something like "Oxygen appreciation month", no?
I'm sure people buying canned breathable atmosphere in the year 2450 would love to be reminded of the good old days, yes. Let's park that for the future :P.
Post edited June 06, 2023 by WinterSnowfall
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How about fixing some of those 'good old games' that just have poor dosbox rips and could be programmed better or don't run properly like Conflict desert storm
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The debate on the sexuality of a community has nothing to do here.

I write it with respect, the sexuality of each other does not interest me.

What interests me here are Free DRM video games =)
Posted June 06, 2023
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mechmouse: Glad to see you've flying the colours, was getting worried for a bit.

Thank you for continued support
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Clownski_: we support LGBTQAI+ all year round <3
Aren't you guys in Poland. Isn't Poland a mostly religious country with conservative values?
Posted June 06, 2023
There's spoilers in official post - for some of those games, knowing that a character can find romance at all is a spoiler.
Posted June 06, 2023
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Clownski_: we support LGBTQAI+ all year round <3
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Magmarock: Aren't you guys in Poland. Isn't Poland a mostly religious country with conservative values?
Theyve outsourced a lot of these positions to other countries and have offices in different areas, like CDPR having a dev team in Boston for example.
Posted June 06, 2023
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Magmarock: Aren't you guys in Poland. Isn't Poland a mostly religious country with conservative values?
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Gylfe: Theyve outsourced a lot of these positions to other countries and have offices in different areas, like CDPR having a dev team in Boston for example.
That's explains a lot. I wander what the polish government would say about that.
Posted June 06, 2023
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It's in your face cis-gendered hetero stuff 10 months out of the other 11 (I'll give it one extra month where it is 50/50). We just happen to be in that group so for us, it's a non-event (it is what we consider neutral ground, not worth mentioning), but that doesn't mean it isn't there.

Sexuality shouldn't be taken out of life (that's repressive, so yes, they should be allowed to express their sexuality openly), it should be taken out of politics.
Post edited June 06, 2023 by Clownski_
Posted June 06, 2023
ah, Gamers and hating minorities, name a more iconic duo :D

classic
Posted June 06, 2023
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Waifu4Life: Without going into the "We at brand" meme, what exactly do you do to support them besides saying you support them? Do you donate to any LGBT organisation during pride month or something?
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my name is catte: Yes, I had already seen it, I just disagree. GOG's bottom line would arguably be best served by fence sitting.
But even if a post like this is beneficial to their bottom line, it is also visible allyship regardless of GOG's primary motivation. Every little bit counts.
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Waifu4Life: And I disagree with your post. For a for profit company to say they're "pro something" is meaningless if they can't financially back what they say since anything they say would be to attract customers and make sales in the 1st place.
A for profit company also has to make some decent profit to be able to monetarily donate to various causes and charities. Due to GOG's business model, they hardly ever make any profit, sometimes they straight up lose money. GOG is not Steam, nor Coca-Cola.

The fact that they are selling games DRM-Free and are trying to convince publishers to sell games DRM-Free is very charitable already. If they truly only cared about profits, they wouldn't be DRM-Free and then you could demand donations.

So the fact that they say that they support LGBTQ+ should be enough. Support comes in many forms, not just money. They promote the message and give additional visibility to games that feature LGBTQ+ content. There are tags for this content all year round too, so we should be grateful for that, rather than demanding monetary donations from a store that hardly makes any profit in the first place.
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