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Overwatch Has An "Openly" Queer Personality Now
Overwatch 2 has a fresh support character coming, and he’s queer. Announced through the official Overwatch Twitter account, Lifeweaver will be joining the roster as part of Season 4. He’s pansexual and Thai – as a queer Southeast Asian, I thought I’d be more eager, but I found myself wondering if this really matters.
If you’re at all familiar with Overwatch, you know that it’s not a narrative-heavy game. You’re not going to find much lore in-game, since it doesn’t contain a traditional story or campaign mode. At best, you’ll perceive some voice lines between characters that reveal things about their relationships, and if you proceed to the hero gallery, you’ll find one-liners for each personality that very briefly summarise their story. Blizzard even nerfed once-detailed descriptions with the sequel, so players have even less to dig into.
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All LGBTQ+ Overwatch 2 Heroes
With the recent reveal of a new character confirmed to be pansexual, Lifeweaver is the latest to expand LGBTQ+ representation throughout the roster of Overwatch 2 as the game continues to dedicate itself to every aspect of diversity. Though Overwatch had not led with its characters' sexualities or gender identities outright, it wasn't long until some were revealed to be queer , lesbian, or bisexual, and Overwatch 2seems more pledged to this end if Lifeweaver is to place a new standard. After all, with a breadth of characters reflecting everything from different ages, bodies disabilities, and even neurodivergence, then LGBTQ+ representation suggestions just as much potential.
However, given the broad scope of people that the LGBTQ+ community encompasses, the current Overwatch 2 roster seems to have only scraped the surface of the potential diversity it could explore. Though there are advantages and disadvantages to both downplaying or declaring a hero's sexuality or gender to top normalize these topics, it seems the current surge of bi
A popular hero at the center of one of the hottest video games around was just revealed to be gay, and fans are freaking out
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- Solider 76 is one of the original heroes of "Overwatch," the massively popular first-person shooter that debuted in May
- "Overwatch" creator Activision Blizzard recently released an official short story that describes a romantic relationship between Soldier 76 and a man named Vincent.
- The revelation was largely met with an enthusiastic response.
- Solider 76 is the second "Overwatch" nature to be identified as queer. Tracer, a British hero, was confirmed to be a female homosexual in an official comic book from
A short story tie-in to one of the most popular games in the world revealed that one of the game's most recognizable characters is gay — generating an enthusiastic response from fans, many o
LGBT in Overwatch Mega(y)thread 2
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I gave it a bit since the mods have historically manually unlocked the thread after it hit reply cap, but that’s okay; we can start over with a clean thread during pride month
This is a topic to consolidate story discussion re: LGBT representation in Overwatch
Since the last thread, I am delighted to provide the current list of LGBT representation in Overwatch:
Tracer is canonically lesbian (and is in a connection with a civilian, Emily)
Soldier: 76 is canonically queer (and was formerly in a relationship with a civilian, Vincent)
Pharah is canonically lesbian
Baptiste is canonically bisexual
Lifeweaver is canonically pansexual
Venture is canonically trans non-binary
I ponder it’s been really intriguing to see how Blizzard stepped it up (so to speak) since the last thread I made. I’ll be taking the pan lifeweaver skin whenever you want to donate it to me blizzard thanks!!!
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Glad there’s a new thread up, I was wondering if the mods were ever going to unlock the mature thread again co