One of the pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto III has dialog that indicates the character is meant to be read as gay (including numerous Village People references). Websites refer to this character as either a construction worker or sailor (if you know which is correct, please get in touch). The video below plays all the dialog for this character (content warning: abelism, homophobia, strong language, misogyny).
LGBTQ references in this game series:
Grand Theft Auto (1997): El Burro
Grand Theft Auto II (1999): Tetsuo
Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 (1999): Pretty Charlie
Grand Theft Auto III (2001): Gay Pedestrian; LGBTQ References
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002): The Psycho; LGBTQ References
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004): LGBTQ References; LGB Characters; Queens; OG Loc Mission
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005): Kazuki Kasen; LGBTQ References
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006): Reni Wassulmaier; LGBTQ References
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008): Brucie Kibbutz; Tom “French Tom” Rivas; Bernie Crane/Florian Cravic; Bryce Dawkins; LGB Love-meet.net users; Elizabeta Torres; Talbot Daniels; Marcus; The Hater; Eddie Low; Unnamed Homosexual NPCs; LGBT NPCs in LCPD Database; LGBT Media Personalities; LGBTQ References
Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned (2009): Trans Man
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2010): Anthony “Gay Tony” Prince; Clay “Pain Giver” Jackson; Jacob; The Celebinator; Evan Moss; LGBTQ References
Grand Theft Auto V (2013): Trevor Philips; Peter Dreyfuss; Transgender Sex Workers; Locations; LGBTQ References
Citations:
- 70mphTV. (2013, September 7). GTA 3- Gay Sailor-Pedestrian Quotes. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJk2g8YMMLo
- Grand Theft Auto III. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III
- LGBT characters in video games. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_characters_in_video_games
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