Ashly Burch

Personal context

Summary

Ashly Burch is a writer and actor known for voice roles in games including Horizon, Borderlands, and Life Is Strange, as well as writing for Adventure Time and Mythic Quest. Her work spans comedy, game stories, and characters with varied gender and sexuality. In a 2014 interview, she said she welcomed gender parity in playable Borderlands characters and wanted future games to include people of color, a trans playable character, and an asexual character. She publicly identified as queer and pansexual in 2022, saying she felt it was important to use her visibility amid anti-LGBTQ hostility; no party campaigning, political donations, or formal advocacy-group affiliations are on record.