EA to Host GLAAD Panel on Homophobia in Gaming
by Nick Breckon, Jul 14, 2009 7:04pm PDTElectronic Arts will play host to a panel on homophobia in videogame culture organized by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation this Saturday.
Representatives from Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Linden Labs, GayGamer.net and the Entertainment Software Association will be present. Topics will include "how to provide safe spaces for LGBT people online, how to ensure the best policies are in place to prevent virtual attacks against LGBT people and how to educate the users of online communities about the effects of homophobia."
As Gamasutra points out, GLAAD has become increasingly active in the gaming sphere. GLAAD director of digital media recently published an editorial on "The Impact of Homophobia in Virtual Communities."
The event is open to the public, and is being held at EA's headquarters in Redwood City, California from 11am-1pm. More information is available on the GLAAD site.
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I am sick and tired of being attacked for expressing my sexual desire of robots. Loving robots defines me and it's important to me that everybody knows WHO I AM, especially if I have no investment in them whatsoever.
It's time that we educate the masses and enlighten them about how uncool it is to hate me for the way I was born. Nobody chooses to be a robo. Believe me. Pleasure bots don't even exist yet. It's torture.
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