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proudfreakmetarusonikku · 1 month ago

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if there’s something I appreciate every sims game for its very much that they’re all extremely queer positive for the time they came out. some of the old ones seem a bit dated now, over a decade later, but they were genuinely ahead of the curve at the time. they had gay marriage well before it was fully legalised in america. hell they effectively had gay marriage in the sims 2 civil unions in that game are treated near identically to marriages just with some clunky terminology changes. and civil unions themselves were not fully legalised for gay couples in america at that time! the only place where gay marriage was actually legal was fucking massachusetts! it was not perfect but in 2004 it was Also ahead of the vast majority of the us!!! where the game was made!!!

#like I don’t think people realise HOW dire shit was for gay people in the early 2000s #the sims was well ahead of the curve even in stuff that seems regressive nowadays #gay civil unions were only legal in a few us states at the time of the sims 2!#gay marriage was only legal in a few us states at the time of the sims 3!#the sims 4 has transgender sims and our rights are still in really early stages #hell the sims 1 allowed gay relationships when gay marriage was illegal everywhere!#genuinely anyone who judges those games by modern standards i mean. i get it if it’s about your personal enjoyment #but like factually these games have always been way ahead of the curve both in america where they’re made and worldwide #the sims 1 2 3 and 4 are all genuinely allow queer sims more rights than queer people had at release #bc the sims 4 was released before American marriage equality it’s over a decade old #i genuinely appreciate that

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