Bisexual dating sim games
23-Feb-2020 00:15
The more Kanji was jeered at by his Shadow Self, made into a joke by the game itself, or asked by one of his friends if they were safe alone with him, the more I felt kinship with him.I wanted to protect him the same way I’d want to protect myself as a confused, queer teen.A crucial part of being LGBTQ is finding places to see yourself, whether it’s in your community or in the media.For me, as a bisexual teenager, I sought out books and movies and TV shows that highlighted queerness—even when they were stereotypes played for laughs, dehumanizing in their tragedy, or when I didn’t relate to them at all.Obviously, I’ve never had the literal embodiment of my private fears taunt me into accepting myself, but on a smaller scale I can relate.
Each time I felt Kanji gain ground with unpacking his masculinity and his sexuality, the game would sucker punch me with something awful.I played out my id fantasies with gay men, bi women, lesbians, and if there’d been an option for trans characters I’d have put them in the mix too.