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Chinese Gaming Company Buys 60% Of Grindr Shares

January 14, 2016 Declan Doody

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Beijing Kunlun Tech has handed over $93 million dollars for a whopping 60% of shares in New Grindr LLC, the company behind the most popular ‘social networking’ app for gay men. In a blog post, Joel Simkhai, founder of the company and app wrote, “We have taken this investment in our company to accelerate our growth… It will […]

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Comics/Books

Stan Lee On Gay Iceman “I Don’t Care What Happens, As Long As They Tell Good Stories”

November 19, 2015 Declan Doody

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In an interview with BBC Radio living legend and comic book champion, Stan Lee was asked what he made of the decision to out a character he created in 1963, Iceman aka Bobby Drake of the X-Men. “I wasn’t involved in that. It may have been after I stopped writing the books….I didn’t really have any gay […]

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Buzz

Campbell’s Star Wars Soup Advert Warms Hearts

October 6, 2015 Declan Doody

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Soup is good for your body and soul but this Campbell’s soup advert for Star Wars themed cans, is good for your heart. Featuring gay parents, Larry Sullivan and David Monahan and their son Cooper, the family are enjoying some lunch when perhaps the most famous Star Wars quote pops up; ‘I am your father‘. Check out the […]

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Games

Nintendo Set To Release Game Featuring Same Sex Marriage

June 24, 2015 Mary McFadden

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With Ireland’s recent push for LGBT rights and a marriage referendum passed, it somehow makes us even more excited when we see little wins for equality elsewhere as well. Nintendo is set to release its first ever game featuring same sex marriage. According to Eurogamer, role-playing game Fire Emblem Fates will give players the choice […]

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Bioware confirms open and exclusively gay character for Dragon Age: Inquisition

July 1, 2014 Declan Doody

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In a post on the official website and Facebook page, Bioware have confirmed that an exclusively gay character called Dorian will be a possible party member in their upcoming title Dragon Age: Inquisition. Dorian isn’t the first gay character to feature in a Bioware game, Steve Cortez from Mass Effect 3 was an openly gay […]

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Anime/Cartoons

Five Favourite Geeky LGBT Characters – Pride Weekend

June 27, 2014 Declan Doody

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Pride season is upon us as parades and festivals are kicking off all over the world, we can’t forget the community here in Ireland and this Saturday 1:45pm the Parade will leave from the Garden of Rembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin. In honour of that fact and the many years I strolled down O’Connell street and […]

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Buzz

Most Romantic Couple: Balthamos and Baruch

February 11, 2014 Declan Doody

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Andy and Sean got the ball rolling on this idea, the writers talk and, obviously, write about their favourite romantic couples and I didn’t even have to think about it. Books have always been one of my favourite escapes. I’m not alone in that, I know that now, but (wow) fourteen years ago, awkward teenage […]

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Featured

Gaymer for life!

December 12, 2012 Declan Doody

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In the fourth part of our look at gender and identity within the gaming community, our Editor looks at how sexuality can have just as big an impact on how you can be perceived and why homophobic language is rampant amongst members of the gaming world.

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Games

EA targeted by ‘Anti Gay’ Campaigners

April 5, 2012 Declan Doody

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We reported prior to the release of Mass Effect 3 that some fans of the franchise were expressing their disdain at the rumours of Ashley Williams being a trans-woman and how these players had turned their hate toward writers and staff behind the multi-million copy selling game.Now it seems a network has sprung up in […]

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Games

EA targeted by 'Anti Gay' Campaigners

April 5, 2012 Declan Doody

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We reported prior to the release of Mass Effect 3 that some fans of the franchise were expressing their disdain at the rumours of Ashley Williams being a trans-woman and how these players had turned their hate toward writers and staff behind the multi-million copy selling game.Now it seems a network has sprung up in […]

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