PHOTOS: Civil War LGBT — and Feminist — Heroes

A photo exhibit celebrates those who crossed gender lines to serve in the Civil War.

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Trudy Ring

www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/11/26/photos-civil-war-lgbt-%E2%80%94-and-feminist-%E2%80%94-heroes

Is This The Best Trans Character In The History Of Video Games?

We’ve already written plenty about how Bioware’s new game, Dragon Age: Inquisition, is super-queer-friendly. It has the first exclusively gay party member, multiple gay and bi romance options, and lots of graphic (but tasteful) gay sex to enjoy.

But did you also know it has a trans character, and that’s he’s voiced by Jennifer Hale, who played the lesbian-if-you-want-her-to-be Shepard character in Mass Effect? (Spoilers below!)

Take a look at how Dragon Age handles a character who presents as male, but then later opens up about having been born female:

“Let me know if you need help binding,” Krem teases one character with big pecs.

What follows is a brief conversation about trans issues and gender identity, without ever using those words. It’s sort of an opportunity for straight games to ask a transman what it’s like to be trans, without the risk of offending a real person.

About transmen, Bull says, “they are real men, just like you or me.”

And if you slip up and call him a woman, Bull corrects you: “he’s now a woman. … Krem’s a good man.”

The game was already pretty friendly to gender fluidity, since it lets you create female characters with an Adam’s apple and beard, or male characters with makeup. As IO9 pointed out, it would be nice if your character had an opportunity to explicitly declare their trans status as well, but oh well. Maybe that’ll come in Dragon Age 4.

Krem’s voice actor, Jennifer Hale, is already a heroine where queer games are concerned. Here she is voicing Shepard in a lesbian sex scene in Bioware’s Mass Effect:

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Davey Wavey Wants To Make The World Sexier

For someone who is pretty much always naked, we were sort of surprised Davey Wavey’s newest venture was in the underwear world. Then again, it’s Davey Wavey, who loves being around guys, and it just makes sense he wanted to create a line of underwear so he could be as close as possible to boys around the globe and their junk. We want to introduce you to his underwear line, DirtyFit, which is going to be the world’s sexiest underwear yet.

What makes this underwear amazing? Davey Wavey has combined the best aspects of the greats before him into one solid pair of underwear. Made with high performance fabrics, flatlock seams, PenisPouch technology, and best of all, it’s made 100 percent in the USA. To get his project off the ground, Davey is asking for our support through the launch of his KickStarter.

Help him out here by backing his underwear project, and get some awesome rewards in return. Just donating, you’ll already be one degree of separation from Davey, and that’s incentive enough for us! Watch the video below to learn more about DirtyFit, and Davey’s mission to make the world sexier than ever.

For more information, go to The Underwear Expert.

Photo credit: DirtyFit

Underwear Expert

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Op-ed: What If Stonewall Happened Now?

The catalyst and the heartache, as revisited with Ferguson on our TV screens.

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Michelle Garcia

www.advocate.com/commentary/2014/11/26/op-ed-what-if-stonewall-happened-now

Mississippi Marriage Ban Struck Down

The ruling is on hold, though, and the state is expected to appeal.

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Trudy Ring

www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/11/25/mississippi-marriage-ban-struck-down