Confirmed sexuality terms, with conditional and player-defined representation kept separate.
Sexuality records how a character’s sexual orientation is described or evidenced. Fixed, confirmed identities are distinguished from identities that depend on player choices, remain implicit, or are not confirmed by the current evidence.
Characters with confirmed queer status contribute to their recorded sexuality tags. Player-defined, ambiguous, and not-confirmed sexual-orientation records are grouped under Conditional or player-defined representation instead of being counted as fixed identities. Missing or none values appear as Not recorded, while an explicit unknown remains visible as Unknown.
The chart measures documentation within Press Q, not demographic prevalence. A possible heterosexual, bisexual, or asexual route is not treated as several simultaneous identities, and conditional cases remain available for research without inflating confirmed categories.
Percentage base: all documented character records.
Includes Not recorded when values are missing.
Can exceed the record total because categories overlap.
Sources and framework
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.
