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[Aug 10, 2012, 7:40 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

GaymerCon wants to provide a “safe place” for LGBTQ gamers.

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Aug 10, 2012, 22:52

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Eirikrautha wrote on Aug 10, 2012, 21:23: Funny, I've never seen, heard of, or even been a part of a game or gaming community that even asked* the sexuality of the players, much less targeted gamers based on their sexual preference.* So, you've never played an online game before, ever? Because I have no idea how you wouldn't have seen everything from anti-gay to anti-semitism with a whole lot of racism smacked in the middle for a big ole' rednecky hate speech sandwich otherwise. Online Games: A Free Fire Zone for Hate Speech? Hate Speech Corrodes Online Games NSFW: New Research Looks at Hate Speech on Xbox Live Just in case the whole "it doesn't happen" argument actually still seemed valid to anyone at all, there's a few links that were remarkably easy to find. I have a hard time believing that any gamer looking at this objectively would have trouble understanding where the people behind GaymerCon are coming from with this.

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