OK, Just putting it out there. If you had a game that consisted of you controlling a homosexual man or woman, would you continue playing or would you stop. As I was reading the forums in this area, no one really brought up the concept, and I haven't really come across a game that controlled a homosexual character, particularly a homosexual male, but I haven't played every single game in the world so I could be wrong, but I want to know what all of you guys think? Would you play a homosexual character whether if it's male or female? Would you stop and shy away from the game? Does you views on Homosexuals influence your views on homosexual characters i video games, Love to know what you think!!!

Man...that one character in Enchanted Arms that sometimes yelled "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" in this high pitched voice when he attacked was so hilarious. I was so sad when he couldnt be in my party anymore. I'm pretty sure he was gay.

... Well what kind of game is this if it is important that he is gay? Plus you can be gay in the Sims... if you want.

EDIT: You can also be gay in Mass Effect... again... if you want.

I'm fine with gays, both in reality and in a game.
I would not object to playing a gay character within a game.
Yeah.

I like to play characters I can identify with...so, no, I wouldn't.  That's the same reason I never create female characters, either.

"Man...that one character in Enchanted Arms that sometimes yelled "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" in this high pitched voice when he attacked was so hilarious. I was so sad when he couldnt be in my party anymore. I'm pretty sure he was gay."

I'd like to just because i'm getting kind of tired with default hero characters these days. Plus, whenever I can create a character, they always work out quite, er, fruity anyway.

If you meant "would you play an explicitly gay character" then yes.

If you meant "would you play your character AS gay", then I would say I regularly do.

If you meant something else, I'm afraid I don't follow the question.

It depends on the game.  If it's a game that I was looking forward to, then something like that wouldn't change my mind about it.

"I like to play characters I can identify with...so, no, I wouldn't.  That's the same reason I never create female characters, either."

I do not  mind sexual orientation in any Video games whatsoever

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, cisgender or transgender, it doesn't matter to me.  I wish more protagonists were of different sexualities and genders than straight men and women.

I wouldn't care. If he's anything like one of the gay guys I know, I'd be thrilled to play it. Those guys are a riot.

As long as the game is enjoyable.

No one seemed to have a problem with Final Fantasy X.

Not really, i dont see any problem.

Yeah, I would use a gay character, I wouldn't intentionally make my character gay, but I wouldn't have a problem with it.

Already have done, more than once.  If I get the choice I often do just to mix things up.

Yep, I do in Fable 2.

I would, if nothing else, see how the game "handles" it.

LGB yes
T not really interested

still dont know why all those orientations should be fused into one single "movement"

I didnt meean to be rude, thats just the way I see this...

No. LGBT's scare me.

LOL. Why scared? ^_^

Createme said:

"For the people who don't understand the question, here is what I am saying:

Would you play a gay video game character in a video game?

Sorry to anyone who misinterpreted the question!!!!!!!
This only for people you don't understand the question, but really it's the same question  :)
"

If I had the choice of being gay or not gay, I would choose not gay. But if  the game's protagonist was gay, I'd probably still play it.

Depends on the game's content.

Depends what type of game it is.  If I had the choice, I probably wouldn't, as I don't play as female characters either.

Doesn't matter to me.

Seeing as I am gay, I'd prefer to play with a homosexual character than a heterosexual one.

"No one seemed to have a problem with Final Fantasy X."

I would play a homosexual/gay character without question.
I am tired of the same old story lines.
A teenage boy without a family... blah blah blah... his best friend and his bf's sister... blah blah blah... this girl who is new to the village... blah blah blah... she is a maiden/princess/love interest/chosen one... blah blah blah... he doubts his powers, and his friends support him through think and thin... and then the game ends with everything as it should be, but the main character and the maiden live happily ever after... or as happily ever after as they can in the video game world.
It would be refreshing to play a character that does not fall into the typical sterotypes of the RPG video game.

Yeah I would, and I did in Dragon Age.

It wouldn't bother me. 

no problem with this at all. Game characters are diverse and so are sexualities.

Yep, no reason not to. No bias here, with game's like Dragon Age the choice is always down to the player so I think there it isn't such a leap, people will make their own decisions based on their own sexuality or maybe just for laughs I guess, but to be honest it would be interesting to see more openly gay, lesbian or anything in between characters in games that are more linear, see what the writers choose to do with them.
 
As MartimousJones said, maybe it's just the same tired old story lines in games you always know where it will go without question, Guy blah blah Girl.

No problem at all! :)

Sure. 
Afterall, I'm pretty sure I did. They don't get much more flamer-ry they Jann from Valkyria Chronicles. 
He was my favorite Lancer! Which might not be saying much because I hated the lancers in that game. So gaddamn inconsistent!

A characters sexual preference bothers me not.

Is this really an issue to anyone?
Shit, I played a gay dude in Fable 2. He also liked to wear women's clothes on occasion.
Mass Effect 1 I played as a lesbian.

It's a weird question, cause sure I'd play an LGBT character, but why does an issue have to be made of the fact? Like the fact that Dumbledore was supposed to be gay, but it never got explicitly mentioned.
If you had a traditional adventure game, but instead of a traditional damsel-in-distress it's your twink boyfriend, that would seem pretty gratuitous.

That's how I roll in the Mass Effect games. And I've said it before, but if your skills are high enough you should be ale to talk anyone into the sack.

I have no objection at all to a non-stereotypical gay video-game hero/heroine, but i'm afraid the mainstream gaming audience would disagree. For some reason I don't see 13-year-old boys wanting to play as a gay person. sigh.

I pretend all my characters are gay.  If the game makes them get married I just imagine they're doing it to try to pass and are secretly dying inside.

i played as raiden

" For the people who don't understand the question, here is what I am saying:

Would you play a gay video game character in a video game?

Sorry to anyone who misinterpreted the question!!!!!!!
This only for people you don't understand the question, but really it's the same question  :)
"

Well Solid Snake is gay and people played as him....