lgbtq - Geeks + Gamers

Voice Actors Say Only Gay People Can Play Their Games During Pride Month

AlexGherzo | Jun 4, 2024 | 2

Video game voice actors are having a normal one, specifically three from Valorant and Overwatch 2. If you haven’t been reminded enough to remember by now, it’s pride month, and shooters seem particularly interested in making their players aware. (I have a theory about this: these games tend t...

JK Rowling Wouldn’t Forgive Harry Potter Stars

AlexGherzo | Apr 11, 2024 | 1

JK Rowling just told Harry Potter and Hermione Granger to shove it. In a series of X posts yesterday, the Harry Potter author talked about her feelings upon reading a report written by pediatrician Hilary Cass about the effects of gender transitioning on children. Cass’ report talks about the har...

JK Rowling Says She’d Accept Jail Time to Defend Free Speech

AlexGherzo | Oct 19, 2023 | 0

JK Rowling is digging her heels in on gender issues again. A recent Daily Mail article said that newly proposed sentencing guidelines from Britain’s Labour Party could result in two-year prison terms for misgendering a transgender person, which apparently falls under “abuse or violence.” A fe...

Professor Slughorn Actor Jim Broadbent Backs J.K. Rowling

BlabberingCollector | Apr 26, 2023 | 0

Another Wizarding World actor has come forward in defense of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Jim Broadbent, a very well-known and established British actor who played Professor Slughorn in two Harry Potter films, has said the following: “It’s really sad. I think J.K. Rowling is amazing. I have...

Hogwarts Legacy Employee Gets Paid For His Job, Then Boycotts Purchasing Game

BlabberingCollector | Feb 13, 2023 | 0

Parker Hartzler, who was the “realtime technician on shoot floor helping mocap actors see their rigs in the environments,” will not be purchasing Hogwarts Legacy, the recent Wizarding World video game, after helping create said game. He then said that anyone who disagrees with his deci...

Wookieepedia: Luke Skywalker is LGBTQ

virginiakublawi | Feb 5, 2023 | 0

Wookieepedia has listed Luke Skywalker among characters representing the LGBTQ community in Star Wars. Alongside Luke, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Sabé are listed. Sabé is Padmé’s bodyguard, played by Keira Knightley in The Phantom Menace. You might remember a big kerfuf...