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ON THE SURFACE POKÉMON SEEMS LIKE AN UNLIKELY GAY INTEREST, BUT THIS JAPANESE PHENOMENON HAS AMASSED A LARGE LGBT FOLLOWING OVER ITS TWENTY YEARS
Juno Dawson @junodawson
TEAM ROCKET
Given that many teenage LGBT people are still in the process of figuring out their identity while their straight and cisgender counterparts are out drinking vodka and fingering each other at nappy nights, it’s no great shock that so many get good at computer games. Vanishing off into virtual worlds – be they literary, celluloid or digital – provides much needed escape routes for young LGBT people.