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The Importance of Games and LGBTQ+ Mental Health

Games are a haven for so many people for different reasons. At Safe, we love to celebrate those reasons, and share the joy that players get from video games. For many LGBTQ+ folks, mental health and games are often intertwined....

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Loss, Therapy, and Finding Myself through Streaming

Content: Warwick Zero shared their experiences in grief, loss, therapy and using streaming to explore their identity. My personal mental health journey has been a fairly recent one (the last 3 years or so), but more so because I felt...

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Which Games Provide Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Gamers

We’re no stranger to the idea that video games are providing safe spaces to LGBTQ+ gamers across the globe. This month, in celebration of Pride, we’re sharing a collection of stories, resources and game suggestions that LGBTQ+ gamers hold close...

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How FFXIV Became a Home

CW: Brief mention of suicidal thoughts, brief mention of abusive relationship As someone who spent their adolescence riddled with the undiagnosed, but very real, symptoms of both Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder, my communities have always served as...

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How Rainbow Six’s queer representation saved my mental health

I love competitive games, specifically first person shooters (FPS). However, they are notorious for their toxic communities. This poses an issue for neurotypical, non spicy-brained individuals, so the effects it has on someone who is atypical can be incredibly detrimental....

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Video Games are my Mental Crutch

Video games have been an important part of my life for over 35 years. They bring me a lot of joy and now I make my living as a game journalist, grateful that something that has always been there to...

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Safe In Our World Host Gayming Mental Health DIGIPRIDE Panel

Safe In Our World will be hosting a mental health in gayming panel within Gayming Magazine’s DIGIPRIDE event on Tuesday July 26 (8PM BST / 3PM ET). Hosted by our wonderful Ambassador Mxiety, the Safe In Our World community will...

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Stonewall: Pride Month 2022 Highlight

As part of Pride Month 2022, we’re highlighting companies, charities and organisations doing great work within the LGBTQ+ space, and today’s highlight is Stonewall. What is Stonewall? Stonewall is an organisation that stands for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people...

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LGBTQIA+ Characters In Video Games: A Spotlight

We’ve seen developments over the years in more characters within video games identifying as LGBTQ+, and whilst there is still more work to do, we wanted to celebrate some of our favourite kickass characters from games that are in the...

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Character Creation and the Privacy of Playing with Gender in Games

Video games have offered queer nerds a safe space to explore aspects of themselves for decades. I’m not the first to have noticed, and more personally felt, this phenomena and I most certainly won’t be the last. From romancing characters...

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Gayming Magazine: Pride Month 2022 Highlight

This Pride, we are highlighting organisations and companies doing outstanding work within the LGBTQ+ gaming community. Today we’re highlighting Gayming Magazine; the home of queer geek culture. Gayming Magazine is a hub of LGBTQ+ culture within video games; from news...

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Hub World – Representation

Welcome back to Hub World! In June, we spent time reflecting on the theme of representation. As people, we naturally look for representation – people and stories that connect with us on a personal level. As an industry, we still...

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ERROR 404: Representation Not Found by Ruby Modica

ERROR 404: Representation Not Found – The Arduous History of LGBTQ+ Representation in Video Games by Ruby Modica During Pride Month, tolerant and loving people are doing their best to support a colourful yet marginalised community. Awareness posts, beautiful art...

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LGBTQ+ Representation In Games, Organisations and Support for Pride Month

Happy Pride Month everyone! We’re proud to spotlight a variety of different things for Pride month, including games with LGBTQ+ representation, organisations and charities doing brilliant work for the LGBTQ+ community, specific resources and helplines. Support We have a list...

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Coming out, chilling out and welcoming in: the wonderful games of Nicky Case by Joe Donnelly

Nicky Case is a Canadian indie developer whose free and readily accessible browser games challenge us to think differently on a range of sensitive subjects which can hugely impact our mental health. Coming Out Simulator is a semi-autobiographical text-based adventure...

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