Outside of Don’t Nod’s efforts here, the video game industry isn’t giving as much support to trans people as it could. Queer art such as Tell Me Why is a much needed counterpoint to this barrage of abuse. Discussions such as altering the UK’s Gender Recognition Act to delegitimise gender are particularly damaging, acting to demonise the real, varied and too frequently challenging experiences of being trans. Various US states and the UK government are fomenting hostility, working at ways to roll back access to healthcare and the spaces that fit their gender. Trans people are unfortunately at the centre of this regression, and attacks on their rights and dignity in the media and in courtrooms are hard to ignore. Our possibilities are being threatened in a way that harks back to the 1980s, but with the added cruelties of the internet age.
In other words, I was moved by its confidence in showing that trans lives are as complex as anyone else’s.Ģ023 has been a traumatic year for too many LGBTQ+ people across the world. I was drawn in by its representation of trans people, but my attention was held by its musings on the universal concerns we all have. As a trans woman, I found the narrative compelling, challenging and deeply affecting. Mental health and the fallibility of memory take equal weight, as the game explores transphobia and belonging. Tyler, a trans man, and his twin cisgender sister, Alyson, spend much of the game exploring the mysteries behind their mother’s death. Tell Me Why feels like a necessary counterbalance to a wider climate that seems desperate to make gender-diverse people feel marginalised and forgotten. A major video game that centres any trans character is a rarity to celebrate, but Tyler Ronan doesn’t feel tokenistic he is part of a mature and complex story. Developer Don’t Nod’s tale follows a trans man returning to his childhood home and confronting his family’s past. Now is the perfect time to play 2020’s story-driven adventure game Tell Me Why: in honour of Pride month, it’s currently free to download.
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