Category definition
This category records gender and gender-identity terms supported by the available evidence. It can include broad terms and more specific identities, while preserving the wording available to the archive.
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Gender and gender identity
The gender identities explicitly recorded for characters in the Press Q dataset.
Calculation
Each character contributes once to every gender or gender-identity tag recorded for that character. Empty and unknown values are grouped separately on this detailed page.
Interpretation
Percentages describe the documented character corpus, not the prevalence of an identity across games. Multi-identity records can make the percentages add up to more than 100%.
Percentage base: all documented character records.
Includes Not recorded when values are missing.
Can exceed the record total because categories overlap.
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Sources and framework
Research basis for gender identity
These sources inform the project’s definitions and safeguards. They do not make Press Q exhaustive, peer reviewed, or free from curatorial judgment.
Shaw, Adrienne, et al. “About (Please Read First!).” LGBTQ Video Game Archive.
Supports the distinction between explicitly coded content, creator statements, queer readings, and incomplete research coverage.
GLAAD. “Glossary of Terms.” Where We Are on TV 2023–2024.
Provides working definitions for terms including bisexual, nonbinary, queer, and transgender while emphasizing respectful, specific language.
D’Ignazio, Catherine, and Lauren F. Klein. Data Feminism. MIT Press, 2020.
Grounds the project’s attention to power, context, plural perspectives, and the limitations of binaries and apparently neutral classifications.