Chris Redfield, Resident Evil
For Sikh media and games critic Veerender Singh Jubbal, Resident Evil’s Chris Redfield was something of an awakening.
“Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5 allowed me to understand my bisexuality moreso. His design was so different than previous iterations, and that large muscle-bound hunk was something I was attracted to. I loved the game series already, but that design was something I remember talking about to classmates…saying ‘Yeah—he has huge muscles in that trailer,’ [with] enthusiasm as something I was looking forward to,” Veerender wrote in a Twitter DM.
“As a young brown Sikh kid I already saw the many issues with the game in racial lenses as I was aware of xenophobia/racism…but it was the initial point to help me make me realize my queerness alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! series—whole other topic.”
