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Glad I saw this thread and I hope it does not get locked. I seek suggestions on how to tastefully and respectfully roleplay an effeminate male homosexual character without being offensive or overly flamboyant.
I think that's an interesting question, and I hope you get some good answers on that. If it was a novel, I would say that the issue with "stereotypes" becomes close to moot if you include enough alternatives, and that you'd be best off just including other gay characters and other effete characters to counter audience's assumptions. But in a D&D game, it's more complicated.
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Glad I saw this thread and I hope it does not get locked. I seek suggestions on how to tastefully and respectfully roleplay an effeminate male homosexual character without being offensive or overly flamboyant.
Words used can change the 'flavor' of a description in that sort of case. Describing his walk as 'swishy' or 'floaty' can sound more like a stereotype, while saying instead that he moves 'with a light step' or 'unusual grace' can be less so. Avoid the sorts of hands-flappy nonsense that you might see someone like Nathan Lane, in Birdcage, doing. He's gay, he can get away with dialing the cliché up to eleven. :)
Avoid trying to RP 'gay-sounding' voices, or campy gestures, or terms like 'yass, queen!' Speaking from experience, it's possible to annoy *straight* people with that sort of stuff.
If you've RP'd with a number of women, try and notice what they are focused on during games. I noticed in one game that the ladies in the party spent more time focused on clothing and group appearance than the gents (who, generally speaking, would wear an orange fez, purple kimono, lime-green tutu and Dr. Who scarf if it gave them the best stat bonuses...), and playing a gay crafter cleric in that group, I picked up on that thread and the next time we had downtime, crafted cloaks of protection for everyone who didn't have one, in matching colors and with a 'team symbol.' That's obviously a highly specific example, but even if your character isn't a crafter who can 'dress' people with magic items, you can still buy cloaks or design heraldry or otherwise help your team look less like a random collection of scruffy vagabonds and more like a unified group of mercenaries or something.
TCG! I haven't seen you around these parts in a while. Did you have to deliver some coffee to an island or something?
I was in Malaysia/Thailand for work for two weeks. :-)
Glad I saw this thread and I hope it does not get locked. I seek suggestions on how to tastefully and respectfully roleplay an effeminate male homosexual character without being offensive or overly flamboyant.
Lord Akeldama in the Gail Carriger novels is an effeminate male homosexual character that doesn't seem TOO offensive or super overly flamboyant. He's a lord AND a honking powerful vampire, so he can afford to be over the top.
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Flag and move on, folks.
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*Looks over the ashen wastes*
A great battle was fought here.
That's a bit... exaggerated isn't it. Something happened here, but it wasn't great, and it certainly wasn't a battle. :-)
A big argument was had is more accurate. :-)
Although, I think I finally figured out what SJW stands for.
And I might've slipped with my lightsaber.
Does it look bad?
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If ever in doubt, simply ask your play group and GM. I doubt you would offend someone just by asking, unless they were being overly pedantic for some reason (which is a whole 'nother problem).
Whatever answers you find here might not apply to your own group, so it's probably best to start there.