Here's my (probably biased) take as someone who happened to grow up in a culture a bit East of Poland that had virtually no gender sensitivity, where "you just don't talk about gender" is a widely accepted social convention.
"Wow, we've gone a long way in 2077 if an ad displaying a very obviously trans person can be displayed in public and NOT get immediately destroyed by some phobic asshole who feels its mere existence offends their sensibilities"
Now, was this the intent of the author? I obviously can't tell. But I think the fact that such advertising is out in the open in this image of the future(and remains undistturbed) already conveys a degree of public acceptance far greater than what our society currently possesses.
I apologize if anyone feels offended, but my baseline reality (which I don't condone in any way, but acknowledge is a thing in some parts of the world, including the country I was born in) includes a vision where LGBTQ people are in a position where they can't reallyspeak up about their issues in the face of general societal ignorance and intolerance. and if you start there (which is probably close to where the author did), then this ad is a very progressive thing. Like, I would not be surprised if some groups in Eastern Europe try to ban or boycott the game because of its open portrayal of trans people.
"Wow, we've gone a long way in 2077 if an ad displaying a very obviously trans person can be displayed in public and NOT get immediately destroyed by some phobic asshole who feels its mere existence offends their sensibilities"
Now, was this the intent of the author? I obviously can't tell. But I think the fact that such advertising is out in the open in this image of the future(and remains undistturbed) already conveys a degree of public acceptance far greater than what our society currently possesses.
I apologize if anyone feels offended, but my baseline reality (which I don't condone in any way, but acknowledge is a thing in some parts of the world, including the country I was born in) includes a vision where LGBTQ people are in a position where they can't reallyspeak up about their issues in the face of general societal ignorance and intolerance. and if you start there (which is probably close to where the author did), then this ad is a very progressive thing. Like, I would not be surprised if some groups in Eastern Europe try to ban or boycott the game because of its open portrayal of trans people.