Ciarán Strange is one of only a handful of trans men working as an anime, audiobook, commercial, and video game voice actor. Currently based out of Texas, he left England in his late teens to chase music and spent a decade touring the US, Canada, UK, and Japan as a queer indie pop-rock artist. His own experiences with mental health, gender identity, and immigration have led him to being a thoughtful and outspoken advocate for his peers. Synchronically, Strange is an LGBTQ+ sci-fi author, graphic artist, gamer/streamer, and loving dad to multiple furbabies. ;;
Following the announcement of Erika Ishii’s role in Ghost of Yōtei and predictable backlash centering on queerness in video games from a certain squalid corner of the internet I saw a thread by Ciarán Strange (voice of Lor and Paladin Mike in the Borderlands series) that felt like he had a lot more to say. To my great appreciation, Ciarán Strange writes;