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Bard Wordsmith Nikki Dawes from the game Daggerheart: a Black femme who uses a wheelchair holds a pen with gold words shooting out of it

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‘Daggerheart’ Is a New, Even Queerer D&D From the Team Behind ‘Critical Role’

The new game Daggerheart is designed for explicit inclusion and metaphorical representation from the top to the bottom.

Rowan Zeoli —

Jul 1, 2025

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“The Legend of Vox Machina” Is Here and it’s Already Queer

Critical Role’s animated series The Legend of Vox Machina is here and the cast list alone is queer. Let’s roll.

Valerie Anne —

Jan 28, 2022

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Our Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters as D&D Classes

The more I get into D&D, the more it bleeds into my passion for television. I find myself thinking about TV character’s histories as “backstory” and accidentally calling side characters…

Valerie Anne —

Feb 24, 2021

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Lesbian Love Rolled a Natural 20 on Last Week’s “Critical Role”

Beau and Yasha finally went on their long-awaited date and it was gayer than we could have dreamed.

Valerie Anne —

Feb 23, 2021

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The Gayest “Critical Role” Moments of The Past Year

Valerie and Meg look back at Critical Role’s gayest moments in 2020 because queer D&D is their favored terrain.

Valerie Anne —

Jan 11, 2021

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A black & white image of a roaring dragon figurine posed amidst some game dice floats in the midst of a background of shapes & lines in the bi flag colors. In the upper left hand corner, a text box reads AUTOSTRADDLE BI+ WEEK 2020

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Dungeons & Dragons: A Great Place to Be Queer

When we’re open to it, giving ourselves honest space to roleplay can be pretty powerful stuff.

Melissa Lusk —

Sep 19, 2020

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Dice for Every Kind of Queer Dungeons & Dragons Player

Friend, you deserve some gorgeous dice to roll when you’re storming the castle, arguing with a dragon, or flirting with that drow chick that your DM refuses to rank on…

meg —

Mar 4, 2020

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Dungeons & Dragons Healed My Grown-Up Heart By Making Me Feel Like the Kid I Never Got to Be

During my very first tabletop roleplaying adventure, my wood elf ranger casually picked up what was a very clearly a very cursed bell; rang it; and sprouted a pair of…

Heather Hogan —

Oct 23, 2019

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Queering D&D: How “Critical Role” Helped Me Find My Way

Critical Role helped me realized that D&D is about storytelling, and that there’s plenty of room for queer people in stories.

Valerie Anne —

Jan 18, 2019

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Noelle Stevenson & Amy T. Falcone Are Queering Up D&D With Their Kickass Butch Characters

“Some people don’t like how many queer characters or NPCs are in our campaign, or when either of the women on the show talk too much. Anyone feminine in our…

A.E. Osworth —

Jul 27, 2017

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