Stardew Valley Fans Are Calling For More Pronoun Options

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Stardew Valley is getting a brand new update at some point in the near future, as creator Eric "Concerned Ape" Barone has been teasing upcoming additions to the game via his personal Twitter account. There are plenty of things that fans are excited about, but the game's queer community thinks that this final update is the perfect opportunity to fix a problem that has existed since launch.

At the moment, Stardew Valley only has two pronoun options to choose from in the character creator, which is slightly baffling considering how much the game has become a haven for queer gamers. Having put up with the lack of pronoun options for 7 years now, one fan by the name of Atmos Fierce has decided to do something about it, and has started a petition to try and get Barone to fix the "incredibly disheartening" gendered language in the game.

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You can find the petition on Change.org, which calls upon Barone to include more pronoun options for transgender and non-binary players so that "everyone can feel represented". Fierce mentions that while PC players have the option to download the incredibly popular 'Gender Neutrality Mod' to fix the issue, players on different platforms like console are forced to be misgendered, which is "causing feelings of dysphoria".

"When starting a new farm you are tasked with creating a character, but there are only two gender options to choose from," says Fierce. "This excludes non-binary players from fully feeling represented in their gameplay, forcing them to select between being referred to as he or she throughout their entire gameplay experience."

"For many trans and non-binary players, the gendered language in the game