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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Hot Gay Human Dude On Swarthy Elvish Dude Action!

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Dec 2 2009, 8:47 AM ET Comment

I neglected to mention, in all my writing about Dragon Age, that there is a gay romance option. Is this the first time this happened? For whatever reason, I didn't see this as groundbreaking, though I guess Bioware deserves props. Of course, some people don't agree:

A popular role-playing combat video game featuring graphic homosexual sex between a man and an elf has hit store shelves just in time for Christmas.

"Dragon Age: Origins," released Nov. 3 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, depicts two men in various sex positions in a secret scene of homosexual seduction.

Ah yes. Ye olde "secret scene of homosexual seduction." Someone think of the children. As for all you pervs at work who need to get off real quick, here's the scene. Props to Gawker and Wonkette for the link.




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