Pride Month Picks: We Need More Bi Characters Like Isabela

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This article is part of Pride Month Picks, a collection of pieces that aim to highlight queer representation across games, television, film, books, and more throughout June.

BioWare games might not always have perfect LGBTQ+ representation, but goddamn are they far ahead of most other triple-A studios. While many devs still struggle to get some decent queer rep in their games, BioWare has been sneaking it in as early as 2003. And for the most part, they’ve been smash hits.

This is mostly because the writers go to great lengths to dodge any stereotypes. Too far, some would say. It’s become an inside joke among sapphic BioWare fans that if there’s a butch romance option, she is definitely straight. Cassandra, Jack, and Cora are all tragically heterosexual - although Fox News is to blame for Jack. I get it, avoiding stereotypes is good sometimes. But it also comes across as a little condescending to those of us in the queer community who do naturally lean into the stereotypes, in a way that straight people are allowed to do without consequence.

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Today, I am talking about us slutty bisexuals. Us bis and pans are usually deemed slutty until proven chaste. Constantly mocked for being ‘more likely’ to sleep around, and depicted as dressing and acting more provocatively. If one more family member asks if I’m planning to cheat on my partner, I am not responsible for my actions.

To dodge these accusations, many of us overcompensate. I used to avoid hugging my pals, especially women, for this reason. I covered up and became the “straightest bisexual”, as I was once called. I was as closed off as Samara in Mass Effect 2, in an attempt not to be too much