LGBT Pride is coming to Animal Crossing, as part of the Global Pride, the first worldwide LGBT event, being held at the end of Pride Month.
Animal Crossing is already all kinds of adorable. And now the creative agency We Are Social is bringing queer cute overload to Animal Crossing, with its first Pride:
“With the cancellation of physical Pride events around the world, we wanted to provide a way for people to be able to participate in celebrations wherever they are,” Arnaud Robin, Innovations Director at We Are Social Singapore tells me.
“Pride is an important event for many–often, it gives hope, as well as a sense of community and belonging. There was a thriving LGBTI+ community on Animal Crossing already, so it was the perfect opportunity for this to happen.”
The Animal Crossing Pride festival is hoping to galvanize players to join in the celebrations and host their Pride parades on their own islands.
We Are Social have created a Pride Island
A notion the company notes will provide particular hope to those who have never been able to join in a Pride celebration for whatever reason. And indeed, many who might have been hoping to attend their first Pride this year.
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“Digital events like this allow us to reach so many people in the safety of their own space. Many of whom may not have had the chance to experience Pride before due to any number of reasons,” Robin adds.
We Are Social have built a Pride island, which has a rainbow march, message board, hall of fame, club and a catwalk, as well as a range of Pride-friendly clothing options that you can wear in the game.
As Global Pride takes to YouTube for a 24-hour broadcast, created with content from Pride events being forced to cancel because of coronavirus, Twitch creators from around the world will be live stream their Animal Crossing game session and host Pride activities on their own island too.
The Twitch streamers will be raising funds for Global Pride and Pride organizations impacted by Covid-19.
“In this period when communities around the world remain separated as a result of lockdowns, #GlobalPrideCrossing provides a common safe space for people of any gender, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity who are part of LGBT+ and ally communities to celebrate Pride,” We Are The Social adds.
You’ll be able to visit the island soon, and you can find out how by @GPrideCrossing on Twitter.
But in the meantime, you can get pride t-shirts, walkways and furniture straight away.
We Are Social’s Pride Island even has its own queer bar
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With 20,000 LGBT+ related Animal Crossing mentions on Twitter already – the buzz for an Island Pride is already real.
And along with We Are Social, the Human Rights Campaign has been preparing the LGBT+ community to celebrate Pride, inside.
Their ‘Pride Inside’ toolkit, even has a set of HRC inspired Pride t-shirts.
You can get HRC inspired Pride Tshirts in the Pride Inside toolkit
And they aren’t the only ones who have been bringing together LGBT lovers of the hugely popular game.
The Animal Crossing Fashion Channel YouTube channel has brought together some of the best designs users have created in the game:
To use these custom design codes by other users and HRC, you’ll need to unlock the Able Sisters clothing store to your island.
To do that you’ll need to have upgraded your house from a tent, brought five other neighbours to the island.
Then, iMore recommends you spend 5000 bells on at least five items from Mable’s pop up shop to persuade her there is enough reason for her to open a shop on your island.
Once you’ve done this, you’ll even be able to import designs that allow you to build your own rainbow crossings, or apply them to other customizable furniture.
Global Pride Crossing Bright Pride Path
Global Pride Crossing Light Pride Path
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