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Microsoft: 'Gay' still not allowed on XBL profiles -- except Gay Tony, he cool |
Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: John Schappert, Microsoft, xbox 360 titles
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Coursing a question via Kotaku's Stephen Totilo, a fan asked how Microsoft "reconcile the fall offering of [Gay Tony] with the fact that [they] still don't let gamers mention their sexual orientation in their Xbox Live profiles or use the term gay in their Gamertag."
Replied VP of XBL software and services, John Schappert, "I think the two are very separate issues." He furthered:
That said, [Stephen] Toulouse continues to work with our team and we continue to look for ways for people to personally express themselves and you can look for more features coming to Xbox Live, but nothing to announce right now. They're working on some stuff and the community has been very involved. We try to walk the fine line where we do the right thing to allow people to express themselves but not have it be taken overboard.
So will we be seeing professions of gayness on XBL anytime soon? Most probably not for a while. But Schappert did say that "we are working on that issue."
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It's not damaging at all, it simply isn't necessary on XBL. Big difference.
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Oh, and kids have a much higher chance of being killed in a plane crash than being hurt about someone else's sex life. People should stop treading over other people's free speech in the name of protecting children who don't give a crap about anything.
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As for me, I don't give a f*ck if the other person is gay or lesbian. The only people that annoy me on XBL are the people who ***** when they lose or those who like to screw the whole game up for everybody by messing around. Those people can be anybody.
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You have all the free speech in the world, so long as it's in your own private setting or in the public square.
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*****ing *****s.
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If it wasnt used as an insult so much it would probably be ok and alot of gays are as much to blame as the homophobes.
there is no need to state your sexuality on a gaming network unless maybe asked by someone.
Your not there to ***** you're there to play games.
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No but I would think it would be un-nesseceary to make sure people know you're hetrosexual.
people are to quick to jump on the pc bandwagon
"oh noes someones saying something possibly controversial about gays, better make sure Im shown not to be a homophobe"
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Lmao, someones been sucessfully brainwashed
sex is really ONLY for reproduction (yes, gays cant do this which is why its really a mental disability, thats not meant as an insultm, its just true unless being gay is a choise)
sex is about feelings lmfao, what a load of crap
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the thing is i have been a XBL user since the beta, and i haven't read one single profile that isn't one of my friends.
if you can't handle the answer, don't ask the question... and that is exactly what people do when they read profiles, they want to know more about someone. if you don't want to see it, don't look.
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i'm not bothered by the whole Gay thing to be honest, i see alot of crazy stuff in people's profiles all the time, i see some funny gamertags too.
If someone wrote 'I'm gay and like 5 d*cks in my mouth at once' i would probably frown upon that.
But if someone wrote 'Hi, i'm a 26 year old Gay male from wherever' then i probably wouldn't care.
But to be honest the guy would probably just get ripped on 24/7 for being gay. Especially since abusing people over xbl is so easy.
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And last I checked, the word gay wasn't a curse word or scarring/damaging in any way, so I don't understand X-box's decision. In short, ***** censorship
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it'd be like you putting that you're from < insert city here > and then me saying:
"I would think it would be un-nesseceary(love the spelling by the way) to make sure people know you're not from < your city >"
well of course it would, because its not the same thing. There are a LOT of people that DON'T live in your city but quite a few less that do... same concept.
and your last comment isn't funny, some of us actually have opinions believe it or not and could care less about what people think. If I were a homophobe, I'd post my thoughts the same as I am now, but as it turns out, I actually have a little more intelligence than that.
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saying "I like big tits" is a big step away from saying "I'm gay"
@Orlyeh:
keep in mind that those people are paying members as well. I suppose their $50 doesn't matter to you. And I'm sure the majority would agree that its not a big *****ing deal.
@Musev:
What a *****ing idiot you are, of course its not only about sex you moron. I know plenty of gay people that have never had sex. Is being heterosexual just about having sex to you? If it is, then you really are an idiot.
And FYI, if sex were only about reproduction, then condoms wouldn't exist... your comments are just moronic... and he didn't say sex is about feelings, he said sexuality isn't only about sex.
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personally, I'm tired of small-minded idiots throwing their stupidity in everyone's faces.
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In the end, sexual preference really has no place in a videogame community. People seem to think it does, but it doesn't.
I'm not going to go out and make a white power, black power, or whatever else gaming community.
I'm not going to go out and try to do a latino only game matches.
I'm not going to seek out people to play L4D with based on their eye color.
Microsoft made the right decision here. People are welcome to whatever sexual preferences they desire and I support them fully on the matter, but in a service dedicated to game matchmaking, it isn't an issue that needs to be a part of the equation. People are immature and it'll simply become an issue that'll have to be dealt with.
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Secondly, gays are not allowed to state their sexual orientation on Xbox LIVE, true. But guess what? NEITHER ARE STRAIGHTS! It's equal for EVERYONE! *gasp*
This "news story" is just Microsoft-hate fuel, and you know it, Mabie. You should seriously get over yourself.
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There is simply no reason to state sexual orientation of any kind on Xbox Live.
Don't try this feminist double standards bull***** on us.
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This is why I'm not suprised in the least that MS got it's panties in a bunch over "gay" in tags.
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Please remove this article:
http://xbox360.qj.net/Microsoft-Gays-still-not-allowed-on-XBL-except-Gay-Tony-he-cool/pg/49/aid/132220
-Gays are allowed on Xbox LIVE. The title of the article is erroneous.
-Gays cannot state sexual orientation on their profile. That is true. However, straights cannot either. It's equal for everyone.
This article is clearly just biased fuel to ramp up the views and comments as well as exacerbate hate against Microsoft.
Please exercise good virtues and remove the article. It is clearly erroneous.
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I personally have reported (and friended) people who had religious information in their profile only to enjoy watching them have to change their gamer tags. Apologies to the guys named LDSMormon1 and LDSMormon2, but there's no mormanism in the COGs.
Straight people have been bit by this also. The official MS comment is that XBL is not a dating service. Frankly, I agree.
If you want to do something about it, find someone saying "ALLAH" in their profile, friend them, and file an abuse report. Then casually mention that MS is discriminating against Muslims. When the ACLU gets involved you can laugh all the way to the bank.
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If you feel strongly about this you should send an e-mail to support@xbox.com and I will be glad to send you a copy.
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http://xbox360.qj.net/Microsoft-Gays-still-not-allowed-on-XBL-except-Gay-Tony-he-cool/pg/49/aid/132220
-Gays are allowed on Xbox LIVE. The title of the article is erroneous.
-Gays cannot state sexual orientation on their profile. That is true. However, straights cannot either. It's equal for everyone.
This article is clearly just biased fuel to ramp up the views and comments as well as exacerbate hate against Microsoft.
Please exercise good virtues and remove the article. It is clearly erroneous.
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Red herring argument. I've already mentioned that I - AND OTHERS - pay our $50 a year. Some of those who pay are gay, and some are straight.
What matters is that Microsoft perceives that it is earning sufficient profit using the current approach towards sexuality regardless of orientation.
Frankly, I don't care what others do with their money, and they don't care what I do with mine.
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And the reason they aren't allowing this is because of people like icypsp who find it humorous to make fun of homosexuals. Do you somehow feel better about yourself because you wrote *****s "f@gz"? Does that make you a better person? No. Self-censoring people like you think your better than everyone else when it makes no difference. And homosexuals don't go around strutting it out telling the world they are gay. But heterosexuals do that. Heterosexuals will do anything to prove that they are straight and not gay.
You also can't put your religious beliefs in your profile.
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Feminist? I'm a straight male. Defending the gays' rights doesn't make a woman nor a gay guy. Guess it shows how narrow minded anonymous internet trolls can be.
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I'm not going to go out and make a white power, black power, or whatever else gaming community.
I'm not going to go out and try to do a latino only game matches.
I'm not going to seek out people to play L4D with based on their eye color.
Microsoft made the right decision here. People are welcome to whatever sexual preferences they desire and I support them fully on the matter, but in a service dedicated to game matchmaking, it isn't an issue that needs to be a part of the equation."
Except that NOBODY EVER SAID IT HAS TO BE PART OF THE EQUATION.
We're talking about a company that promoted the use of gamer pics based on POLITICAL PARTIES. Clearly THESE have nothing to do with gaming, but THEY WERE ALLOWED.
If someone wants to mention in their profile that they're gay, it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MATCHMAKING OR SETTING UP GAMES. And nobody's claiming that they're trying to set up a gay-only community. That's a massive straw man.
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Dont ask dont tell STFU!!! They the ones making it the issue!
it is a issue because they f/k'd up in the head but its not an issue that really matters for the world. if you ask me i smell a skapegoat! Every time they bring that up people forget about what really matters the most!
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if you had read the rest of my reply you might of understood that.
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(by the way, there was nothing wrong with my grammar for the record)
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My entire point was that everyone else is paying their fee as well and your opinion is no more valid than theirs... Last I heard, it was never put to a vote. If I own a restaurant and say black people can't come in, I'd get my ass sued, regardless of the fact that it was private or not... same thing would go for any store, club, etc. While XBL may be privately owned, it is a public service and is, therefore, subject to the same laws as any privately owned public establishment.
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besides just how black people constantly throw the fact that they are black in peoples face and on the news. Here is QJ throwing this crappy article in our face. Always trying to make a huge statement. So i wrote what i had to write. Why try to make it peoples business. Who tha F/k cares. Quit talkn about it. That is what gets on my nerves about those people and crappy articles such as this. This has nothing to do with video games or awesome homebrew!!! Why black people always tryna make a point, i thought they wanted to be considered the same. Well i guess they obviously know theyre not since they keep creating huge issues.
Dont ask dont tell STFU!!! They the ones making it the issue!
it is a issue because they f/k'd up in the head but its not an issue that really matters for the world. if you ask me i smell a skapegoat! Every time they bring that up people forget about what really matters the most!
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you can try to switch it up on black people all you want to, youre just mad because what i said was true. Nobody likes gays haha who wants to be around them NOBODY! People dont even want to play video games with them! look at that picture of the f@gg in the article. He a dude but he wanna be a girl and date dudes. GTFO! Everything is wrong with that, and if you cant see thats something is wrong with that picture then got he11 because that is where you and all the other f@gz and lezbos will spend all eternity after they finish a life of sin!!!
HAHA PS. im Asian B1Tch!!! Deal with it!
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and you just mad because nobody like you!
They dont even want to play online games with you sicko!
HAHA you probably couldnt get a gurl if yo life depended on it, thats why you a F@G HAHAHA just like the rest, and if you not, then you a lame. Your whole life is based on FAIL. Go kill ya'self. Remember at the end of tha day the earth still gunna be moving, church gunna remain, and gays will continue to be looked down on.
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