Beginning in June, Pride Month 2023 once again celebrates the LGBTQ+ community, and aFallout 4player has modified the RPG to help raise awareness for trans rights. Although it doesn’t have thesame legacy asThe Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, the fourth entry in the now Bethesda-ownedFalloutfranchise continues to open itself up to the fan community, with custom mods galore.
There have been some positive shifts in the overall industry asvideo games attempt to be more inclusive. This could be titles that offer increased accessibility options for those with disabilities or learning difficulties. It also includes studios and games themselves supporting the LGBTQ+ community through better representations of gay, lesbian, trans, and queer people. It’s not just the developers, either, as some people take matters into their own hands to address a few of the major issues that many face.
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Nexus Mods user Elianora recently uploaded “Trans Solidarity,” a mod forFallout 4that celebrates Pride Month by incorporating LGBTQ+ assets into the post-apocalyptic RPG. With a Liberty Pride statue and a PipBoy painted in the colors of the trans flag, the creator aims to bring additional awareness of the “unprecedented erasure” that a lot of trans members are still facing today. The mod comes with some additional workshop items, as well as a Power Armor suit that’s been given the colors of the trans flag. Elianora also asks users to donate to some worthy causes, if possible, while they commemorate this time of year theFalloutway.
There is agrowing community of LGBTQ+ people within gaming, both as players and as people working in the industry. Over the years, an increasing number of titles have chosen to offer up more diversity, be it through depictions of gay and lesbian characters, such as Ellie fromThe Last of Us, or giving players the option of creating gender-fluid or gender non-confirming avatars, such as inCyberpunk 2077.
As for the game itself,fans are looking forward to theFallout 4next-gen update, which will see the 2015 release get ports for the Xbox Series consoles and PS5. At the time of writing, there’s no official word on when this will be happening, but it should be coming out sometime in 2023. For now, those who have the game on previous-gen consoles or PC can keep the spirit of Pride Month alive in The Commonwealth with Elianora’s trans rights awareness mod.
Fallout 4is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
