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Transgender characters in  Sims 4 can now wear binders, shapewear, and have top surgery scars

Life simulation game Sims 4 shows the world how easy it is to be transgender positive.

Pink News reports:

The new options can be found under three categories: medical wearables, top surgery scars, binders and shapewear.

Medical wearables include hearing aids and glucose monitors, while binders and shapewear include new tucking underwear, tank tops, and binders.

Over at The Daily Beast Shannon O’Connor writes:

Not only does it add some much needed inclusivity to video games, but it also is an outlet for queer players of The Sims who are going through the personal struggle of coming to terms with their identity that lets them truly be seen. Now, anyone struggling with gender dysphoria can create a Sim with top surgery scars or a binder, live a little like that in the game and maybe start to feel a real sense of self. 

There are obviously also a lot of trans people who use Sims to explore and express their gender identity before (or without) transitioning, and who will not make use of these additions. That is fine too.

Regardless: Electronic Arts (EA) deserves praise for taking the needs of trans people seriously.

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Happy #TransDayOfVisibility! It is important, today more than ever, to repeat the message loud and clear so that it echoes worldwide: Trans rights are human rights. All of us have a beating heart, all of us matter. We need to protect each other fiercely.

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