Lesbian gets banned from Xbox Live

[QUOTE="megahaloman64"]Thats rediculious, and being the person that i am, I can not stand for this censorship. It's not like someone would get banned for putting their strait. I say we boycott ms untill she gets an apology.Unassigned

what are you going to do? not sign into live. you already paid.

[QUOTE="BlackKobra94"]Well, Microsoft is retarded for banning someone like that, it was in her bio not her gamertag. If microsoft thinks this is worse, look at all of the racism is out there. Microsoft needs to grow a pair.Unassigned

Xbox Live is not a place to talk about sexual orientation, that is why people went after her. It is a place to play games. What do you think the point of her saying she is a lesbian was? Just to say it? get the _____ outta here. she wanted people to know and girls to know in case they were lesbian too, so she can chat with them. This is not a big deal at all, she will contact Microsoft and they will give her gamertag back if she apologizes for breaking the _____ing Terms of Agreement that she _____ing agreed on when making a gamertag!!!!. wtf is everybody crying about? some guys were just bored and wanted to follow this lesbian around and make fun of her so she probably said something really offensive to them and they reported her for laughs. Microsoft would not have just banned her for being gay wtf is wrong with you people making up microsoft's anti-gay policy? and no poop they banned a guy named Richard Gaywood. That's not a real name doofs. It means DICK GAY WOOD! Its a freaking joke. Laugh this off and stop "fighting" the 'anti-gay policy' that Microsoft has set up with your pathetic comments about 'OMG In this day and age?' wtf does this day n age have anything to do with it? WTFFFBrutalPandaX2

[QUOTE="BrutalPandaX2"] Xbox Live is not a place to talk about sexual orientation, that is why people went after her. It is a place to play games. What do you think the point of her saying she is a lesbian was? Just to say it? get the _____ outta here. she wanted people to know and girls to know in case they were lesbian too, so she can chat with them. This is not a big deal at all, she will contact Microsoft and they will give her gamertag back if she apologizes for breaking the _____ing Terms of Agreement that she _____ing agreed on when making a gamertag!!!!. wtf is everybody crying about? some guys were just bored and wanted to follow this lesbian around and make fun of her so she probably said something really offensive to them and they reported her for laughs. Microsoft would not have just banned her for being gay wtf is wrong with you people making up microsoft's anti-gay policy? and no poop they banned a guy named Richard Gaywood. That's not a real name doofs. It means DICK GAY WOOD! Its a freaking joke. Laugh this off and stop "fighting" the 'anti-gay policy' that Microsoft has set up with your pathetic comments about 'OMG In this day and age?' wtf does this day n age have anything to do with it? WTFFFtxs-no-remorse

agreed

People are still talking about this?

She broke the terms and agreement. Simple as that. If I put "I love p****" in my profile and got banned, so be it. That's not the kind of thing that's relevant for a GAMING profile.

If she wants to put that in a profile, she should go to eHarmony.

Xbox Live is not a place to talk about sexual orientation, that is why people went after her. It is a place to play games.BrutalPandaX2

Xbox should make your profile and motto only viewable to friends. It's so easy to get a ban because your profile is viewable to the public. If anyone finds anything offensive it's easy to get the 3 day ban.BigBadBully

True. And this seems like a pretty good solution.

Are we in medieval times again? Sounds like witch hunting for me, with Microsoft as the inquisition.

:( I'm so dissapointed right now I don't know what to say, except no that was not right at allblack_tempest

It's easier to get banned from your profile/motto then in-game actions (cheating/glitching, cussing on the mic etc...). For someone to get banned from cussing, they would have to

be stupid enough to send you a voice message (then you could forward that to xbox admins and you would have a xbl tag tied to the voice message). Also , I've had friends have

less offensive words then having lesbian on the profile and getting banned. For all you people complaining on other people having offensive motto's and profiles and them not

getting banned, it's simple they haven't had complaints filed on them. All you have to do is get some friends and file complaints and bam , you get the ban. Microsoft doesn't

search profiles, they wait till complaints are filed by other xbox live users. And in the agreement for xbox live terms, if you have anything considered offensive , they have the

right to ban you. Simple as that.

It's easier to get banned from your profile/motto then in-game actions (cheating/glitching, cussing on the mic etc...). For someone to get banned from cussing, they would have to

be stupid enough to send you a voice message (then you could forward that to xbox admins and you would have a xbl tag tied to the voice message). Also , I've had friends have

less offensive words then having lesbian on the profile and getting banned. For all you people complaining on other people having offensive motto's and profiles and them not

getting banned, it's simple they haven't had complaints filed on them. All you have to do is get some friends and file complaints and bam , you get the ban. Microsoft doesn't

search profiles, they wait till complaints are filed by other xbox live users. And in the agreement for xbox live terms, if you have anything considered offensive , they have the

right to ban you. Simple as that.

BigBadBully

It's easier to get banned from your profile/motto then in-game actions (cheating/glitching, cussing on the mic etc...). For someone to get banned from cussing, they would have to

be stupid enough to send you a voice message (then you could forward that to xbox admins and you would have a xbl tag tied to the voice message). Also , I've had friends have

less offensive words then having lesbian on the profile and getting banned. For all you people complaining on other people having offensive motto's and profiles and them not

getting banned, it's simple they haven't had complaints filed on them. All you have to do is get some friends and file complaints and bam , you get the ban. Microsoft doesn't

search profiles, they wait till complaints are filed by other xbox live users. And in the agreement for xbox live terms, if you have anything considered offensive , they have the

right to ban you. Simple as that.

Are we in medieval times again? Sounds like witch hunting for me, with Microsoft as the inquisition.

bios101

lol thats so stupid. gay and lesbian in the name equals ban? Morphic

BS, those people reporting are either idiots(litte kids) or homophobic but mostly kids who just a wannabe vigalantte and complain what they dont know. they could be g@ys in the future too,BTW g@y have 2 meanings 1:happy 2:the homo stuff. lastly why kids are in XBL in muture games anyways?
.punkpunker

Why would she identify herself as a lesbian? Not saying it's right, but she's kinda asking for it. I mean, it is stupid that people are calling her names and harassing her for her orientation (I'm against homosexuality; well, morally at least), but didn't she know how many homophobic young teens roam around live waiting to make fun of innocent (lol) gamers? battlefront23

Peopleshouldn'tbe racist to gays. They were born that way.DerekLStinson

I dont see why MS is so tight up the butt with the gay/lesbian stuff. If I ran Live. I'd have all the real people talking trash and cheating suspended and banned. And the innocent people's harrasers banned too.

Live is a crazy place. Full of losers,children, and ignorant adults.

That was wrong of Microsoft, but why was she advertising that she was a lesbian? Doesn't make sense to me.OfficialBed

[QUOTE="OfficialBed"]That was wrong of Microsoft, but why was she advertising that she was a lesbian? Doesn't make sense to me.KorruptRaiden

Nah they become bisexual at that point lol.

[QUOTE="KorruptRaiden"][QUOTE="OfficialBed"]That was wrong of Microsoft, but why was she advertising that she was a lesbian? Doesn't make sense to me.craigalan23

Nah they become bisexual at that point lol.

This is why i very rarely use a microphone on live. It's by far the worst community i've ever seen. Very few games have a decent community and only reason that's true is because they aren't very popular.craigalan23

same here

This is kinda like back in the 1950's when those four African Americans went into a white resturaunt and sat down. They were abused, attacked, and mocked. You know what, they were arrested for causing a public scene and being disruptive.

I feel that if she is proud to be a lesbien, then she should be aloud to have that on her gamertag. What if someone is offended because another gamer is white, black, asian, catholic, jewish, or musilam. Should that person be suspended as well. People we live in the 21st Century. This world is already in a bad situation with everything that is going on. If we don't learn to look past each other's differences soon, then we will just wind up in a world of fear, hatred, and violence.

What's the big deal if they are gay/lesbian or not? as long as they are fun to play games online it makes no difference to me. My buddy who I grew up with decided to live as a female a few years back and she/he can kick my ass in street fighter while wearing a tight revealing dress with her implants flailing about. I guess some people are just not as open minded. mark1982

I smell a lawsuit.:Djamacian_zombie

[QUOTE="jamacian_zombie"]I smell a lawsuit.:DUnassigned

[QUOTE="jamacian_zombie"]I smell a lawsuit.:DUnassigned

Truth.

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All you liberal types are just argueing symantics..."Freedom of speech...wah wah wah!"

There's a Terms of Agreement that states you can't post anything sexual in your bio or other content...she did...banhammer. Simple as that.

man people are always up in arms about sexual orientation now a days...sharpshooter188

I'm cool with whatever orientation. But there's a place to talk about it, and places not to. Xbox Live isn't a place to.

I mean, I agree Microsoft should also heavily crack down on racism and trash talking on Xbox Live, as it's a much bigger problem. Especially when there's a lot of text and voices messages out there to prove them guilty.

But if they banned and suspended all the racist, trash talking idiots on Live...I'd only be left with about a dozen people to play with :P