The Elder Scrolls 5 – Skyrim: Same sex marriage allowed in game
It’s been a long rough road to equality for sexual minorities in the US and beyond. Since the tumultous days of the Stonewall riots in the 60s which gave birth to the modern gay rights movement, the movement for freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation and preference was marked by many struggles, reversals, and ultimately, triumph.
There’s no better example of this march to legal triumph than the passage of a same sex marriage law in New York state, the site of the Stonewall riots. With The Elder Scrolls 5 – Skyrim, this forward march to awarding recognition for same sex marriage has now reached the video game world.
While same sex relationships is not new in RPG video games, this year’s Dragon Age 2 featured a same sex relationship between former Grey Warden Anders and Karl. However, The Elder Scrolls 5 – Skyrim will actually allow same sex marriage not just same sex relationships. The news broke through Bethesda community/ PR point man, Pete Hines through his Twitter feed. He wanted to point out that Bethesda didn’t feel the need to make a big deal of the subject. There was no move on their part to keep it hush hush.
Same sex relationships to be allowed in The Elder Scrolls 5 - Skyrim (Credit: Bethesda Softworks)
As for the insulting tweet question sent by feed follower regarding bestiality being allowed in The Elder Scrolls 5 – Skyrim, Hines clarified that same sex is allowed for any male or female not any NPC. This is in direct contrast to Bioware’s announcement earlier that Star Wars – The Old Republic won’t feature same sex relationships.
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