‘The Sims 4’ Game Update Adds Trans-Friendly Breast Removal Scars, Binders, Tucking Underwear To Character Options

Amanda HardingFebruary 1, 2023

The life simulation Video game “The Sims 4” A free update has been released that allows players to customize their appearance a rel=”https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender”>transgender.

The new patch expands the range of body customization options, which includes breast removal scars and garments like chest binders. “packing” Underwear and other medical wearables are available per Mashable.

The publication mentioned that “Create a Sim” Character creator now allows users to create characters “Top Surgery Scar” The “Body” category’s new “Body Scars” subcategory. These scars can be added on to any Sims character for males “aged Teen or older,” according to the report, regardless of their base body model’s gender. The “Top Surgery Scar” A distinction was made to indicate that a character had undergone breast surgery.

Also available in “Create a Sim” Optional items, available under the “Tops” subcategory “Tanks,” Players can also choose to wear chest binders. Other types of shapewear include “tucking underwear” It can be found in the “Bottoms” section in the subcategory “underwear.”

Sims celebrated the additions via a post on social networking.

The base game update includes new content such as medical wearables (binders), shapewear, and light switches. It also fixes bugs and improves console gameplay.🥳💚

Read more about today’s update in the latest patch notes! https://t.co/4c4vZdfWBY pic.twitter.com/GYbQYijIIm

— The Sims (@TheSims) January 31, 2023

These additions aren’t the first time the popular video game creators adopted pro-transgender standards. Since 2016, Sims players can mix and match male and female traits. In 2022, an update allowed users to choose their Sims character’s sexual orientations and pronouns.

You can use pre-set pronouns like she/her, him/her or they/them. Users can also add custom entries to their Sims.

Per The Washington PostMaxis, a game developer, collaborated with LGBTQ advocacy groups “It Gets Better Project” GLAAD and to determine the best way to add the pronoun feature. “The Sims 4” John Faciane, producer, called this partnership between the game’s two groups “a step in the direction of a more inclusive experience for Simmers.”

“While this update isn’t the be-all end-all of representation of nonbinary and other gender diverse folks, we strongly feel that it’s important for us to approach better inclusivity over time as we figure out ways to work within the limitations of our code,” Faciane spoke of the 2022 pronoun update.

“Making ‘The Sims 4’ more inclusive of gender neutrality is an ongoing learning and development process for us and we will continue to update this feature over time,” Electronic Arts, the game publisher, wrote that it still contained gendered language like “mother” And “father.”