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According to the International Game Developers Association's "Game Developer Demographics" report from 2005, there are about as many LGBT people in the games industry as there are in the general population (about 5 percent—although, admittedly, some studies put the "real world" number around 10 percent).

Talk to a few people "in the know," though, and you get the distinct impression the industry's a much lonelier place than the number implies.

Jeb Havens, probably one of the most visible and vocal LGBT developers, says, "It's not like there's only a handful" of gay people making games, "but there's no presence or community. There's no 'gay' face to it."

Oddly, when Turbine had Asheron's Call 2 operating, they brought in a game developer that was a post-op TS, she was damned for the failure of AC2, but in reality most people acknowledge Turbine was the primary cause since they dumbed down AC2. Still, people try to talk smack about her at Ryzom now, since she is also aiding that product's revival, which looks to be pretty good right now. :3

-- Bridget