![]() ![]() ![]() Mass Effect’s relationship to queerness has been messy, to say the least. While developer BioWare painted an idyllic portrait of humanity freed of its petty squabbles, the active exclusion of queer characters and identity shouted over the series’ silent status quo. In practice? Mass Effect is an unambiguously heteronormative franchise, especially with its first two games. ![]() At least, that’s the future it posits on the surface. Long gone are the otherings and dissension of modern-day Earth, as humans take their place in the stars beyond. In Mass Effect ’s vision of the far-flung future, humanity has integrated into a galactic society.
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