Showing posts with label homophobia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homophobia. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Xbox Bans Gamer Because He's From a "Gay" Town. No, Really.

Photo taken in the UK by Mike Fleming
This story relates to the District of Columbia because it's about a town in West Virginia near the Kentucky border. And West Virginia's near Virginia, which is next to DC. Oh, forget it. I just wanted to report on this because it's an interesting story.

Xbox Live, the multi-player game run by Microsoft, has a rule that they enforce pretty vigorously that says players cannot create a gametag or use text that offends other players. What offensive word did gamer Josh Moore put in his profile? He listed that he was from Fort Gay, WV.