LGBTQ+ Premade Couples
So, Evergreen Harbor comes with two same-gender families; the Tinkers and the Greenburgs. But those are all females. To maintain balance and equality, we need two families based around male Sims in fu...
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, those of you are able to do so in an articulate and enlightened manner.
Look, I simply wanted to draw attention to the subject of balance in the representation of LGBTQ+ couples. Whether or not it can be assumed that a Sim (like Diego Lobo, for example) is gay or not is not the point of this discussion. I'm referring to couples who are designed by EAxis to be LGBTQ+ to be representatives.
I'll break it down really simple. We officially have as an undisputable fact:
Brant & Brent Hecking (1 dog, no kids): Married gay couple
Leila Illes & Oliana Ngata (0 pets, 1 kid): Married lesbian couple
Mary & Blossom Greenburg (0 pets, 1 kid): Married lesbian couple
Tina & Yasemin Tinker (0 pets, 1 kid): Married lesbian couple
Single Sims:
Lia Hauata: female in male frame
Paka'a Uha: male in female frame
Morgyn Ember: male in male frame, cross-dresser, unable to impregnate and get others pregnant, can't pee standing
Darling Walsh: female in female frame, cross-dresser, otherwise a regular female to my knowledge
Did I forget any?
Knowing basic math, the balance is off as it currently stands. For people who care about representation and equality, this "needs" to be addressed and balanced out. EAxis "must", in other words, add two new married gay couples in upcoming packs - and I agree with @Lustianicia that they should definitely have kids instead of or in addition to pets. In order to represent gay men parents. In a game like The Sims 4, normal physical restrictions and beaucratic paperwork doesn't exist and therefore don't apply, thus it should pose no problem to make such additions in the name of equality.
I hope that EAxis will break the apparent habit of favoring lesbian couples in the represention of same-gender couples. I believe I know exactly where this tendency is rooted, but that's another discussion and with good reason not allowed on these forums. We all need to live in the present and enlightened 2020, and view all human beings as exactly that.
Whatever personal feelings or convictions on the entire subject of not being straight, etc. is completely irrelevant for this discussion. Please, abstain from derailing the topic with that kind of talk. It belongs elsewhere and is not Sims 4 related in and of itself. Thank you.
@Chazzzy The Sterling Rico couple are lovers, but not officially dating. You can see for yourself by loading their household as played :)
Look, I simply wanted to draw attention to the subject of balance in the representation of LGBTQ+ couples. Whether or not it can be assumed that a Sim (like Diego Lobo, for example) is gay or not is not the point of this discussion. I'm referring to couples who are designed by EAxis to be LGBTQ+ to be representatives.
I'll break it down really simple. We officially have as an undisputable fact:
Brant & Brent Hecking (1 dog, no kids): Married gay couple
Leila Illes & Oliana Ngata (0 pets, 1 kid): Married lesbian couple
Mary & Blossom Greenburg (0 pets, 1 kid): Married lesbian couple
Tina & Yasemin Tinker (0 pets, 1 kid): Married lesbian couple
Single Sims:
Lia Hauata: female in male frame
Paka'a Uha: male in female frame
Morgyn Ember: male in male frame, cross-dresser, unable to impregnate and get others pregnant, can't pee standing
Darling Walsh: female in female frame, cross-dresser, otherwise a regular female to my knowledge
Did I forget any?
Knowing basic math, the balance is off as it currently stands. For people who care about representation and equality, this "needs" to be addressed and balanced out. EAxis "must", in other words, add two new married gay couples in upcoming packs - and I agree with @Lustianicia that they should definitely have kids instead of or in addition to pets. In order to represent gay men parents. In a game like The Sims 4, normal physical restrictions and beaucratic paperwork doesn't exist and therefore don't apply, thus it should pose no problem to make such additions in the name of equality.
I hope that EAxis will break the apparent habit of favoring lesbian couples in the represention of same-gender couples. I believe I know exactly where this tendency is rooted, but that's another discussion and with good reason not allowed on these forums. We all need to live in the present and enlightened 2020, and view all human beings as exactly that.
Whatever personal feelings or convictions on the entire subject of not being straight, etc. is completely irrelevant for this discussion. Please, abstain from derailing the topic with that kind of talk. It belongs elsewhere and is not Sims 4 related in and of itself. Thank you.
@Chazzzy The Sterling Rico couple are lovers, but not officially dating. You can see for yourself by loading their household as played :)
