| Wyatt Schlaufman 563 |
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I read a few hundred posts on this thread and I must say I am shocked by the hatred of some of the people on here. I'm really, really not used to people talking about me and people like me as if we were abbarant monsters. Mind you, I went to school for biology and have been out for more than half my life, ever since I was a preteen. It doesn't even register for me to think of homosexuality as odd, nor would it to anyone but the most backwoods dwelling folk I can imagine.
But I digress, I love this company and their inclusion of gay characters, both bad and good. I wish there were more, but I understand that takes time. My entire gaming group is gay and we naturally just flip most things to suit our tastes as needed in campaigns, but one of the reasons I originally fell in love with Paizo was their inclusion of Adimarchus as a gay angel that fell when he was deceived in the very first adventure path they ever created. The fact they boldly stated he was gay before the fall seemed incredibly mature to me.
Back to Golarion, my second home, I always just figured Cheliax wasn't as gay-friendly because it's an evil nation. I mean, if I were a powerful Devil looking to sow discord and delight in the futility of mortals, I would most certainly demand they hate all groups different than themselves. That seems like an obvious ploy. And the countries that respect others for their differences would obviously be very accustomed to homosexuality, considering it presents in over 30 percent of our species. (Including bisexuality.)
Because of this, our group always pretty much assumes backwards and evil nations are racist, sexist, and homophobic, since that's a pretty good summation of evil viewpoints.
Also, when James Jacobs said that homophobes should vote with their dollars and not play this game, I practically had to cheer.
<3 You Paizo! Hate has no place in this game or in the real world.