Spoilers for Bridget’s storyline across the entire Guilty Gear franchise Amidst of a lot of bad news in summer 2022, one thing trans people found to celebrate was the transition of Brisket—or rather Bridget, an iconic video game character with a fraught history (in the games and in the real world) who came out as […]
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