Reports of people using webcams to have cyber sex via Xbox Live are becoming increasingly commonplace these days. But that isn’t the shocking part here. Apparently, officials at Microsoft or the ‘greater Xbox community’ find the word ‘gay’ a little too offensive for their prudish setup which of course led them to ban the gamer tag ‘theGAYERgamer’ permanently and ask him to change it to suit its more demure audiences. Apparently the fuming and offended player tried to contact the MS officials and have his grievance heard, but he was politely, and firmly, told that the tag was found inappropriate by the community and not a particular personal and thus had to be rejected for the greater good. One wonders how violent and sexually suggestive games on the channel never offended the greater community and a man revealing his sexual preference in the most non-perverted way did! Anyhow, we certainly hope the gay rights groups do something about this discriminatory action soon.
Source: Consumerist
