The Straights Are Not Okay
The Straights Are Not Okay is a comedy LARP about gender essentialism¸ heterosexism¸ and the rigidity of gender expectations.
Players: 9-12 (including facilitator)
Time required: 2 hours
In The Straights Are Not Okay¸ you will play a group of people at a gender reveal party in a national forest. Nominally¸ party attendees are there to support the expectant parents¸ but during play you will use the occasion to vent frustrations and resentments with other party guests in the pettiest¸ most passive-aggressive manner possible. The game will end when the gender reveal goes hilariously wrong and the party-goers burn down the forest.
Content Warning: This game revolves around themes of gender-essentialism¸ gender binarism¸ and heterosexism¸ although it does so as a way of holding up a critical lens to these common stereotypes. In The Straights Are Not Okay¸ you will all play characters who are cisgender and heterosexual (or claim to be heterosexual)¸ although each character may be played by any person of any gender or sexuality.
Suggested price: $5