There aren’t enough games with queer characters and themes — and GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy group, has the statistics to prove it. GLAAD’s first annual report on the video game industry found that nearly 20 percent of all players in the United States identify as LGBTQ, yet just 2 percent of games contain characters and storylines relevant to this community. The report highlights three critical truths: Representation matters a lot to LGBTQ players, the remaining gaming audience largely welcomes these themes, and new generations of gamers are only becoming more open to queer content.
GLAAD has the numbers, so let’s take a deeper look alongside a few
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