No viewer can watch the abuse endured by kids such as Alex, a 13-year-old social misfit in Sioux City, Iowa, or Kelby, a 14-year-old lesbian in small-town Oklahoma, without feeling angry and motivated to change youth culture and the school officials who turn a blind eye.

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The Knights of the Old Republic, the BioWare game that established the Old Republic, had a lesbian character, Juhani, who could be romanced by Female Revan.

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Fable 2 let players choose their sexuality, and pre-EA BioWare included a lesbian character in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a game that never stirred up even close to the amount of controversy Mass Effect 3 drummed up.

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