GLAAD has released the first-ever report on LGBT inclusion in video games, which claims that 17 percent of active gamers are LGBT. The organization is now calling on the gaming industry to increase games with gay characters and hire more LGBT workers “in positions of authority,” among other things.
The GLAAD report, done in partnership with Nielsen Games, found that 17 percent of gamers are LGBT, and that 72 percent of LGBT gamers say that seeing characters with their same identity or sexual orientation makes them feel better about themselves, according to a report by IGN.
The report, which surveyed 1,452 active PC and console gamers in the U.S. between July and August of 2023, also said that that number jumped to 78 percent for LGBT gamers between the ages of 13 and 17.
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They survey added that LGBT gamers are 11 percent more likely to use gaming as a means for escaping situations they find difficult in the real world, with 24 percent saying they are more likely to depend on gaming to get through hard times. Additionally, 66 percent of LGBT gamers said that gaming lets them express themselves in ways they don’t feel comfortable in…
