'Tell Me Why' includes the 'first playable transgender video game hero from a major studio and publisher,' according to the studio. - NBCOUT
While the game does not center on Tyler's gender identity, the gameplay does not shy away from it, either. The game's creators acknowledge that there are instances when he faces"ignorant comments and microaggressions" and that after a decade away from his hometown, he is met with offensive reactions from some neighbors who are seeing him post-transition for the first time.
"I think that's really powerful, because you may not be an astronaut or a firefighter or anything, but you can still, in a game, be that character, connect to that character, and I think that's really important, because it creates empathy," he said in aIn the same video, Nick Adams, GLAAD's director of transgender representation, who was a consultant for"Tell Me Why," said authentic media portrayals of trans characters can be a powerful tool for acceptance and...
"When we see real characters in film, TV, games that are made with care that just show trans people as we actually are and not the stereotypes of the past, everyone who plays the game will have the opportunity to be a trans person, even in this tiny, little, small way, even in the context of a game," he said.
August Aiden Black, the actor who voiced Tyler, said his character is"so much more than just a trans character." "His transness brings value to the story," Black said in a takeover of GLAAD's Instagram account this week.
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