For many people, “The Sims” is a playground—a life simulator where you can get any job you can imagine, get married, and get abducted by aliens all from your dream house.
For queer people, “The Sims” can be a safe, virtual space to explore your identity without judgement or fear. And as of May 24, “The Sims 4” has made it even easier for LGBTQIA+ players to express themselves by introducing customizable pronouns.From now on, right when you boot up the game, you are no longer prompted with, “Hello, my name is” but “Hello, my name and pronouns are,” putting queer identities front-and-center.
Alongside the text fields for first and last name is a dropdown for pronoun selection. The default pronoun options are He/him/his, she/her/hers, and they/them/theirs, and there is a fourth option to type in custom pronouns (containing a filter for profanity).
Currently, the first version of the feature is available for English, and more translations will be added over time.To make sure this update was accurate, Maxis—the team behind “The Sims”—partnered with It Gets Better and GLAAD.