In October, fans began requesting that developer Eric Barone – aka ConcernedApe – add pronouns to the farm-life sim game, as a way to better represent non-binary players.
A petition was created by fan Atmos Fierce, which has garnered more than 8,600 signatures.
However, the call has resulted in abuse from anti-LGBTQ+ fans of the game, who have targeted streamers and members of the community by either purposefully misgendering them, sending abuse, or doxxing them.
Doxxing refers to the act of sharing private information such as a home address, phone number, or other identifiable details, publicly on the internet.
Transgender streamers appear to be the main target of the abuse, with some users telling them to “be careful” playing Stardew Valley while the controversy continues to rumble on.
Barone's silence has been “deafening”, one person claimed.
“Transphobes are doxxing and harassing members of your Stardew Valley community simply because they are advocating for a pronoun update,” the user wrote. “It is extremely important for you to speak up for them.”
The lack of response has led some to suggest a boycott of the game until either a statement is made or pronouns are added to the game.
“I truly do not care if ConcernedApe speaks on pronouns in the game any more,” one user said. “I want [him] to condemn the transphobia and violence against the trans members of the community.”
An affiliate for the streaming site, Twitch, said they would not be playing the game any longer because of Barone's lack of response.
“It does not feel right for me to continue streaming or playing Stardew Valley,” they wrote. “It truly breaks my heart to see the amount of people getting hurt.”
PinkNews has contacted Eric Barone for a comment.
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some of you are alright
don't play stardew valley on twitch tomorrow
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Is this even true? I've lurked the stardew valley threads on /v/ and something like this would've 100% been seethed over.
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It's certainly true that trains are capable of extreme histrionics at a moments notice over a
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you literally cannot be silent anymore or else it's transphobia lol
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I'm surprised it's been out this long without him having to say anything. Given it's a darned if you do, darned if you don't situation, I have no idea what the correct play is.
This is how Jordan Peterson got started. Some who-cares Canadian professor who didn't care for rules he perceived as silly being lorded over him. Now he's a drug-addled internet schizo because he couldn't stay the frick out of it.
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The correct play is to say literally nothing at all.
The people who get mad about this kind of thing are borderline illiterate. Even the most supportive message possible will be used as justification to keep the hate train going.
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Chuddew Valley is BASED and REDPILLED for cis ONLY
Its for living out my fantasies of aryan off the grid trad rural living with my tradwife 
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So fricking true!
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She looks 3x cuter lol
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GOOD mod
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wow, so much better.
anywhere to get this still or did it get erased from the internet
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search up basedmods, it's on there.
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Not a single potty or outhouse anywhere in the game.
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We need fatter
player characters like the chunguses in 
emon Go
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Trans Lives Matter!
Trans rights!
Snapshots:
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ghostarchive.org
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archive.ph (click to archive)
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