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I'm sure it's a common complaint
Jan. 2nd, 2023 01:00 amSo.
My brother in law recently offered to DM a Pathfinder 2nd Edition campaign for the whole family, but then said "By the way, your character has to be the same sex as you." As a trans person whose identity he doesn't respect, I can't play in his game without getting disrespected. So he basically ruled me out of that game. Because if I went with an elf or gnome, and said "faery people get to be weird" and then said my character's gender was anything but what he perceived me as, he'd probably get upset about it anyway.
This, despite the fact he loves Changeling (the game/setting originally published by White Wolf), which is all about people the faeries found interesting and/or useful; and the fae themselves as well as those who attract them, in-game and in actual folk lore, by default ought (in my opinion) to be LGBT+ friendly at the very least!
Honestly! A non-binary asexual gnomish sorcerer with brightly colored hair and pastel skin, and a minor obsession with random wildlife and minor potions *ought* to be completely fine...
Especially since Paizo, the publisher of Pathfinder, is run by LGBT+ folks and allies, and has a reputation for seeking diverse writers for their products. Plus D&D itself has been getting more diverse (at least in the written material) despite the fandom around it. Something about there being more profit (both financially and socially) in including people who live better through roleplay, storytelling, and expanded mental horizons.
My brother in law recently offered to DM a Pathfinder 2nd Edition campaign for the whole family, but then said "By the way, your character has to be the same sex as you." As a trans person whose identity he doesn't respect, I can't play in his game without getting disrespected. So he basically ruled me out of that game. Because if I went with an elf or gnome, and said "faery people get to be weird" and then said my character's gender was anything but what he perceived me as, he'd probably get upset about it anyway.
This, despite the fact he loves Changeling (the game/setting originally published by White Wolf), which is all about people the faeries found interesting and/or useful; and the fae themselves as well as those who attract them, in-game and in actual folk lore, by default ought (in my opinion) to be LGBT+ friendly at the very least!
Honestly! A non-binary asexual gnomish sorcerer with brightly colored hair and pastel skin, and a minor obsession with random wildlife and minor potions *ought* to be completely fine...
Especially since Paizo, the publisher of Pathfinder, is run by LGBT+ folks and allies, and has a reputation for seeking diverse writers for their products. Plus D&D itself has been getting more diverse (at least in the written material) despite the fandom around it. Something about there being more profit (both financially and socially) in including people who live better through roleplay, storytelling, and expanded mental horizons.
