Call of Duty Adds Nonbinary Player Option, Conservatives Are Whining

Surprise, surprise.

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For the first time in the video game franchise's history, Call of Duty players have the option to choose their gender between male, female, and two new options, classified and nonbinary.

As PinkNews reports, versions of Black Ops Cold War teased earlier this year revealed a third gender option, "classified," so users could play as the "mysterious, shadowy Black Ops character they want to be." The move received backlash from LGBTQ+ fans online who thought it implied that genderqueer options were something to hide.

But it looks like COD creators corrected the fumble by adding the fourth option. If you select nonbinary, other characters in the game will refer to your player with they/them pronouns.

Of course, conservative gamers are upset by the move, calling it "left-wing propaganda."

\u201c@stillgray Imagine being upset over something that literally doesn\u2019t impact you. Choose the option you want and move on, it\u2019s not that deep.\u201d
— Ian Miles Cheong (@Ian Miles Cheong) 1605254343

\u201cIs this what these "gamers" are up in arms about?\n\nPicking "non-binary" as your gender on a report card in a Call of Duty game set in a wildly exaggerated version of the Cold War, full of "free world" vs "evil reds" propaganda & shrouded in toxic machismo?\n\nHoly hell you people.\u201d
— Ghassan Finge \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa (@Ghassan Finge \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa) 1605364644

And other gamers are pointing out that this is the same game where Ronald Reagan begs you to do war crimes for him to win, so is there really a winner here?

\u201cSoldier 1: He's using che--\n\nSoldier 2: They.\n\nSoldier 1: Thank you. They're using chemical weapons on us.\u201d
— Kati Knitt (@Kati Knitt) 1605305637

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