TAKE PRIDE

When I first played The Simsas a little girl, I found it odd that I could have relationships with men and women. It would be many years before I realised that this isn’t just normal – it’s also my normal.

THE IMPACT THE SIMS HAD ON ME THROUGH ITS DEPICTION OF QUEERNESS

Now that I’m older and have come into my own as a bisexual woman, I’ve realised the profound impact on me through its depiction of queerness as natural in the face of a society that once largely found it radical. For the last two decades, has spearheaded queer representation in gaming. The freedom it’s long offered in letting players romance, woohoo, and marry whomever they wish regardless of gender – to be who they truly want to be without limitations – has been so valuable to my exploration of my identity, as it has been for many others.