Frustrating relative lack of LGBT NPCs in this game

[Darty123]

I am gay and I really do not care, if someones sexuality is what defines them as a person then they are a weak character.

[Pinkie_Pie]

Why is this thread STILL going after all these years? Please stop bringing this back to the front page >.<;

[DiaDeem]

[AziraSyuren]

Puberty blockers are literally given to cis children as a treatment for various medical conditions, i.e. precocious puberty. There's nothing experimental about them. They're also fully reversible and normal puberty will commence shortly after they're taken off of them.

Not that I'd expect people here to do the actual research, as they have proven numerous times already.

[YukiB]

Outlawing circumcision (at least on minors) is the most sensible thing anyone's said in this thread and ya'll laughing at it.

[Scaramouche]

Outlawing circumcision (at least on minors) is the most sensible thing anyone's said in this thread and ya'll laughing at it.

What a great idea let's make it against the law so people go to some shady country to mutilate their kids.

[Insertusernamehere]

What a great idea let's make it against the law so people go to some shady country to mutilate their kids.

What is shady country?

[Soge01]

Something, dramatic music, something something...

[Puksi]

Naoki Yoshida:

"I was heading to the office on a Saturday and I saw a situation that made me very sad. I was trying to go into the office and I was waiting at a red light. I saw a high schooler coming from the other side of the road in their school uniform. It seemed that they were biologically male at birth but they were wearing a sailor fuku, which is traditionally female attire. In Japanese high schools, there’s more and more schools that are accommodating for freedom of not being restricted to a specific gender for your uniform...That person probably wanted to present the gender they identified with in their heart...On the other side of the road was a mother and a daughter. The daughter was perhaps 5 years old. As soon as the mother saw the high schooler, she shielded her daughter as if she didn’t want her daughter to see. The high schooler must have been very hurt. Situations like these still happen and there’s areas where there’s not as much understanding.

We need to see more change in the values people have, and we need to consider for Final Fantasy XIV how we push forward in-game and how we represent it.

That being said, we want to address this, and I think it will be gradual...For instance, for the Ceremony of Eternal Bonding, we’ve already started to make adjustments. Once we officially release this, you won’t have gender restrictions. If you both wanted to wear a dress, that’s perfectly fine. If you want to both wear the tuxedo, that would also be fine...That’s not available in game yet, but we have done the preparations for it.

You may be familiar with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade where we had a Final Fantasy XIV float participate. After that event, players in the Korean regions were very uncomfortable with it and people made complaints about now wanting to see that. “This is disgusting!” Things like that. It’s been very tough.

Change is happening. People are becoming more aware and understanding. Values do shift, but I think the pace...is very different depending on individuals. It’s a difficult and delicate situation. It requires us to understand and know how things are around the world."

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade:

"Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is an LGBTQIA+ not-for-profit member-based organisation that produces the internationally recognised Mardi Gras Parade and Festival, and several other events and supportive initiatives throughout the year."

This thread, but with FFXIV's and Square-Enix's stance. Please look forward to it.