Oh, wow! 24% of the people who saw this thread identified as LGBT. Compared to the general population's percentages of LGBT peoples, DND is HELLA gay.
Fantastic. :D
There might be even more queer people on here than we realize, because the poll was just about orientation, so it's possible that some people who responded "straight" are straight trans people, or perhaps on the aro/ace spectrum. :D
My second thought: "Probably half the D&D club is LGBTQIA+, my campaign I am 28 sessions into DMing has 3/5 players who are LGBTQIA+... Huh."
But my main takeaway here is that I didn't notice (I knew, because they're my friends) because the game is about roleplaying another character, so the character of the players doesn't actually matter. Yes, some of the characters are gay in the game, but that manifests more as flirting and jokes than anything else because they have dragons to slay, the game's about bigger things than romantic interests!
It's also worth noting that I would say D&D attracts a high proportion of people who are ADHD and Autistic as well. I think a massive part of it is that your own personality and such matters less in D&D because you are playing a character, who might have an entirely different personality, which is used for 4-5 hours of the game time vs an hour or so of before & after chat!
In other words, it's inclusive - anyone can make a compelling and fun character to play D&D with. And they do.
Yes, I agree that D&D is a very inclusive game. Not only to LGBTQIAN+ people, but to neurodivergent people as well. (Thanks for pointing that out by the way, I hadn't thought about it)
As someone who is not only queer, but is also both Autistic and ADHD, I feel quite welcome in the wonderful world of D&D. :)
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There might be even more queer people on here than we realize, because the poll was just about orientation, so it's possible that some people who responded "straight" are straight trans people, or perhaps on the aro/ace spectrum. :D
Yes, I agree that D&D is a very inclusive game. Not only to LGBTQIAN+ people, but to neurodivergent people as well. (Thanks for pointing that out by the way, I hadn't thought about it)
As someone who is not only queer, but is also both Autistic and ADHD, I feel quite welcome in the wonderful world of D&D. :)