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Xbox Live Now Allows Gender Expression

Posted by Soulskill on from the good-on-you dept.

Last year we discussed news that an Xbox Live gamer was banned for identifying herself as a lesbian on her profile. Microsoft said at the time that nothing sexual in nature could appear in Gamertags or profiles. Now, they seem to have reconsidered their stance, and they've updated their Code of Conduct accordingly. Xbox Live General Manager Marc Whitten wrote: "[The update] will allow our members to more freely express their race, nationality, religion and sexual orientation in Gamertags and profiles. Under our previous policy, some of these expressions of self-identification were not allowed in Gamertags or profiles to prevent the use of these terms as insults or slurs. However we have since heard feedback from our customers that while the spirit of this approach was genuine, it inadvertently excluded a part of our Xbox LIVE community. This update also comes hand-in-hand with increased stringency and enforcement to prevent the misuse of these terms."

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  1. So claim to be a... by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...transgender lesbian, and let Microsoft try to figure out what that means. They'd probably have to google it!

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    Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
    1. Re:So claim to be a... by sakdoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

      This discriminates against androgynous, polysexual, pastafarian, anti-nationalists, you insensitive clods!

    2. Re:So claim to be a... by Hurricane78 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I’ll claim to be a black Mexican lesbian far-right jew, including the appropriate profile photo.

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      Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
    3. Re:So claim to be a... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Depends on how you use the asshole.

  2. ...heard on XBox Live today. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "That decision is like, SO GAY!"

  3. Re:I'm heterosexual. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't get it either. I don't tell the people at work or on Xbox that i'm a pedophile.

  4. Re:Gay rights are civil rights. by Voyager529 · · Score: 2, Funny

    For example, from the post below: "Gay guys who just want to be with eachother doesn't hurt anyone." This applies to marriage to inanimate objects as well.

    You can want to be with your toaster, but your toaster can't want to be with you.

    It can in Soviet Russia!

  5. Re:Gay rights are civil rights. by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

    And on Battlestar Galactica!

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