And recently, another update made it possible to define your Sim’s sexual orientation.

Before we proceed, it’s worth noting thatThe Sims 4never uses real-world labels for gender and sexual identities.

But in-game terminology is exclusively geared around explaining what effect it actually has in the game.

A render originally released to demonstrate The Sims 4’s new gender customisation options in 2016. It shows seven Sims with a wide variety of gender expressions reflected in their hair, clothing, and body types.

How does gender work in The Sims 4?

Fundamentally, gender in The Sims 4 is still locked into a “male or female” binary.

You’ll notice that this has now been split into two further tabs, labelled Gender and Sexual Orientation.

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What is the “default” sexuality in The Sims?

It’s also only available in the English-language version of the game at the time of writing.

However, it’s a step forward, and the pronoun customisation feature itself is very easy-to-use.

The Sims 4 Create-A-Sim, displaying the gender identity customisation tab. From here you can define your Sim’s preferences in terms of gender expression, and how they’re set up biologically.

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Pre-made Sims Dana Adler and Leanna Epps show off their customised gender-non conforming outfits and It Gets Better charity t-shirts, in a Pride Month screenshot from The Sims 4.

The Sims 4 Create-A-Sim, displaying the sexual orientation customisation tab. From here you can define your Sim’s romantic and sexual attractions, as well as their willingness to experiment.

The Sims 4 Create-A-Sim, displaying the sexual orientation customisation tab with all defaults in place.

The customisable pronoun list in The Sims 4, showing its drop-down selection of the three basic options: He/Him, She/Her, They/Them.

The Sims 4’s Create-A-Sim, opened to the cutomisable pronoun free entry text boxes pop-up. Here you can add neopronouns or anything else not included on the default list, with examples to help you conjugate your choices.