“I always remembered seeing my male Sims interact romantically when I was young and still unsure of my sexuality. “I think it’s because you can be who you want to be without any limitations,” he says. That was certainly the case for Devon Bumpkin. Many LGBT+ gamers were able to use the game to explore their sexuality. The game’s openness is largely why it’s so loved by the LGBT+ community, with the ability to create a diverse range of characters. It does, however, still rely on a gender binary.
Furthermore, the developers have gradually developed gender customisation in the game: in The Sims 4 players can choose various attributes like clothing preferences, sitting or standing at the toilet, and whether a Sim can become pregnant. Over the course of the E3 event’s live demo, two Sims had fallen in love.Īs such, Sims have always been bisexual with the ability to fall in love with any other Sim regardless of gender, but gender preference wasn’t included until the game’s sequel.
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The development team had debated about whether to include same-sex romance and ultimately decided to leave it out, but due to miscommunication it was written into the code regardless. Back in 1999, the game was being shown to the public at the E3 event in Los Angeles and, unexpectedly, included a gay kiss between two female Sims. Since the beginning The Sims has had queer representation, even if it was somewhat by accident. I’m able to create and picture and bring to life a world that isn’t necessarily accessible to me or hasn’t been accessible to me.” Says Sierra: “For me the idea of particularly queer world building has been really important. That sense of escapism and fantasy is integral to why the game is so popular with the LGBT+ community. Creating your Sims, putting them in a house you could only dream of having in the real world, becoming a vampire, it really lets you live out any fantasy you can possibly think of,” they said. “ The Sims franchise will never stop being a perfect escape for people. Momo Misfortune, another participant in the event, believes the game allows people to live out their dream lives. Friends, community and a career in content creation. “I enjoy it personally because it’s brought so many amazing things into my life. “People can be whoever they want to be, do whatever they want to do!” says Devon Bumpkin, a streamer involved in the fundraiser. Intended as a reflection of real life, the game is an open sandbox that allows players to create homes, towns, and the people who live there. Since the first game in the series, The Sims has captured the attention of all sorts of gamers. The fundraiser is proof that, 21 years after The Sims was first released and four games into the series, it remains relevant. “It really is a resource if you want to just queer up your Sims world,” says Sierra. What’s more, all the content has been created using the hashtag #freshnewworld meaning it’s available for other Sims players to use too.
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The world save was created over a month and the result is vibrant and full of diversity. It’s the whole plethora of it all!” they said. We’ve got some elderly queer Sims in there. Some of the Sims we created are trans, they’re non-binary, they’re asexual, they’re bisexual, they’re lesbian, they’re gay. I really wanted to make sure it was reflective of the whole community and I think that’s shown. “It was really important to me that there were non-binary and trans creators, that there were black or indigenous people of colour that were participating, not just those that were the L and the G in the acronym. Sierra began by demolishing the district and then divided the home and downtown area lots between the LGBT+ creators who were invited to take part. ➡️ $12,000+ Raised for a charity focused on LGBTQIA2+ youth homelessness
➡️ Builds and Townies by 15 LGBTQIA2+ Simmers ➡️ An all LGBTQIA2+ world save for Willow Creek So it truly is just the queerest world ever.” In particular the community lots we tried to give a queer focus. And all the builds were of course designed by all the different Sims creators I collaborated with. It’s not that every single Sim is queer in some way, but everything has that queer line running through.
“I wanted all the townies and all the households to live in the builds to be queer or to have a queer storyline to them. “I wanted to do it as a collaboration, so I thought what if I do it as a collaboration with all queer people and what if I turned it into a charity event it kinda kept building up from there,” they said. Fifteen LGBT+ players of The Sims 4 were involved, collaborating on a world save of Willow Creek – re-building the district with custom homes, amenities and Sims to live there. The drag artist and Twitch streamer recently put together a charity event that raised $12,000 for True Colors United, an LGBT+ homelessness charity.
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