[quote=Consumerist.com]Teresa says that she was harassed by other players and later suspended from XBOX Live because she identified herself as a lesbian in her profile. When she appealed to Microsoft, she says they told her that other gamers found her sexual orientation "offensive."
Teresa says:
"I just recently saw a thing on your site about someones gamer tag being banned because it had the word gay in the tag.
I had a similar incident, only my account was suspended because I had said in my profile that I was a lesbian. I was harassed by several players, 'chased' to different maps/games to get away from their harassment. They followed me into the games and told all the other players to turn me in because they didn't want to see that crap or their kids to see that crap.
As if xbox live is really appropriate for kids anyways! My account was suspended and xbox live did nothing to solve this, but instead said others found it offensive.
Today I received a message from another gamer calling me a fag. I am a lesbian, so they aren't too smart if they cant get their anti-gay slurs right.
Microsoft does nothing to stop this or prevent it, but instead sides with the homophobes. No one will help me get the word out about Microsoft's anti-gay policy. Not even the HRC who says Microsoft has a positive image with them. Not to me it doesn't!"[/quote]
so a girl goes online openly saying she's a lesbian, and LIVE bans her for being "offensive", so I guess expressing yourself is a bannable offense
There is already a large thread on this.
But anyways this is unfair, I can say I'm gay on the PSN and no one cares. But I'm not really gay. But THEN AGAIN she DID break the rules.
I thought fag was slang for gay person, not gay MALE.
Why would you put that on your profile anyway, She probably knew she would get in this kind of shit and probably get harassed.
If she was being harassed why didn't she just change her information?
That's lame.
It isn't that they banned her because she was gay. They banned her because she used that language online on her profile. Saying "I'm gay" on a mic in a game is different then blatantly posting it on her profile. You can get banned for putting other things on your profile too.
Sure they shouldn't ban her, at least let her change it. But still, if i was to put YOUR A FAGGOT on my profile, i would be banned too.
[QUOTE=deathjunior;13892689]Why would you put that on your profile anyway, She probably knew she would get in this kind of shit and probably get harassed.[/QUOTE]
Or perhaps she was fucking proud of it?
Microsoft are [b]pussies[/b].
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what dicks.
Sucks for her.
[QUOTE=Funcoot;13892674]I thought fag was slang for gay person, not gay MALE.[/QUOTE]
dykes
That's stupidly childish. Trying to follow some girl in and out of servers [u]just[/u] to make fun of her? Wow how low can Xbox live go. All the fucking way.
We can't have kids reading that and asking their parents what gay is. What kind of world would it be if people acted as if being gay is a normal and perfectly okay thing?
A bad one.
[QUOTE=Burns;13892703]If she was being harassed why didn't she just change her information?[/QUOTE]
she wanted attention she got it.
She wanted that to happen. Why else would she put lesbian in her profile? I don't go putting "straight" in my profile for every game I play.
[QUOTE=Burns;13892703]If she was being harassed why didn't she just change her information?[/QUOTE]
She shouldn't have to. Being banned for that is like being banned for being black or Hispanic and stating that in your profile.
Wow, that's stupid. I've seen much worse on peoples profiles, but lesbian apparently is the worst.
I agree, this is completely stupid. I don't see why this would be offensive. It is just like me putting down Straight, or Heterosexual in my profile.
Although I can't say I didn't see this coming. Sexuality is a touchy subject, and anyone who is different is instantly branded and shunned.
XBox LIVE.
What do you expect?
Does it say anything about this in the ToS.
If so, she deserved it.
If not, fuck microsoft.
Actually, fuck microsoft anyways.
would she be banned for saying she was straight?
If it doesn't go against the ToS then she should demand the account to be unlocked or just sue them. Microsoft needs to learn to back off on this kind of stuff.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;13893249]Does it say anything about this in the ToS.
If so, she deserved it.
If not, fuck microsoft.
Actually, fuck microsoft anyways.[/QUOTE]
Fuck Bill Gates too.
And sheep to, Fuck sheep.
Wait what...
Following her into servers and telling other players to report her because "they didn't want to see that crap" is really low. I wish Microsoft wouldn't just let someone get banned/suspended because some players reported her.
[QUOTE=DualReaverV2;13892866]We can't have kids reading that and asking their parents what gay is. What kind of world would it be if people acted as if being gay is a normal and perfectly okay thing?[/QUOTE]
While they're playing M rated games that have intense violence and swear words.
Well I just read through the terms of service and nothing specifically states against it. Then again someone could BS some excuse to put it under this:
[QUOTE=Microsoft TOS]# Publish, distribute, or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful content, topic, name, material, file, or information;
# Publish, distribute, or disseminate any content, topic, name, material, file, or information that incites, advocates, promotes, depicts, constitutes, or expresses child pornography, profanity, hatred, bigotry, racism, illegal drug use, gratuitous or graphic violence, or criminal or fraudulent activity;[/QUOTE]
Of course those who perpetrated against her fall victim to that which is stated above, if anything they should all be banned for hate speak.
"Gee, people hate it when I say i'm a lesbian, I guess I should parade that around in my information"
[QUOTE=MR-X;13892738]
Sure they shouldn't ban her, at least let her change it. But still, if i was to put [b]YOUR[/b] A FAGGOT on my profile, i would be banned too.[/QUOTE]
You're*
I like lesbians...
There sex is hot
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