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Gamer Claims Identifying As a Lesbian Led To Xbox Live Ban

Posted by timothy on from the you-have-crossed-the-line-ma'am dept.

Goatbert writes "I just read on the Consumerist about an XBOX Live user being banned for identifying herself as a lesbian. Despite appeals, Microsoft has stood by its position that merely mentioning that you are gay or lesbian is grounds for terminating your XBOX Live membership."

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  1. Re:Fair is fair by Racemaniac · · Score: 1, Redundant

    how about you just don't feed the trolls with your sexual orientation they got a problem with, and you'll have no problems?

    yes, you shouldn't get into a fight over it. but you know you will. there are always people who are against it.

    i find it reasonable to ask of players not to provoke others. even though it might be something they shouldn't be provoked by.

  2. Bit of a double standard... by Lendrick · · Score: 1, Redundant

    First off, banning someone based on their stated sexual orientation is homophobic, discriminatory, and highly unethical.

    Secondly, if they're banning people based on their usage of the words "gay" or "lesbian", then they really ought to be listening to their little bastards on voice chat. If you want to ban all mention of sexual orientation, you ought to have people patrolling voice chat and banning people for use of the word "fag", which is extremely insulting and gets thrown around all the time.

    Of course, if they did that, they might lose 80% of their subscribers. That said, for the remaining 20% who are uncomfortable with hate speech, it would be really nice.