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Race, Gender and LGBT Themes in Video Games

Do you guys like video games? I like video games. I'm not the best at them, and I have a fairly short attention span, so I rarely finish games. Back in November of last year, I was completely fixated on Fallout 4. I love all of the Fallout games, and I excitedly pre-ordered the Pip-Boy edition. I played that game for hours and days on end until I finished it. I loved it. I loved that Bethesda added the ability to explore relationships. Granted, the characters were limited romantically, but it was still cool. Being a fairly cisgendered woman, I didn't really consider the fact that the romantic options were almost completely heteronormative. Default players--straight white couple I read some articles and saw how the game could have been better in a romantic sense. The options could have been expanded to include more range of romantic situations and interactions. Your character was very limited in what they could say, and there were some fairly sexist comments from a few...

The Gay Gene??

Author Simon LeVay has studied neuroscience and written many books. One of his books is 'Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation."   LeVay researched what makes people gay, and he found that nature is the cause, rather than the nurture of society. He researches deeply into the characteristics of every sexual orientation, and says that there is probably not just gay, but that there are many kinds of homosexuality. I myself haven't read it, but I got an email about it. My reader says that LeVay has spoken at many PFLAG (Parents, Families&Friends of Lesbians and Gays) chapters through the years. He has also done a lot of research on the differences in the hypothalamus ' (hypothalami?) of gay men and straight men. It's worth a look at, as people continue to argue about the gay 'life-style choice' and the equality of gay rights and marriage. Thank you reader for the information!!! LeVay's Wikipedia. LeVay's Facebook ...