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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 think the religious thing is different though. I think a lot more people are non-religious than will admit it. It's such a huge taboo to not be religious (specifically from the dominant faith) in many parts of the world that no one will admit to it, often to the point of outright lying on surveys and to their friends. The Internet allows them to voice their opinions in a safe, anonymous manner. Couple that with the fact that admittedly a number of things in modern religions don't stand up to common sense or scientific scrutiny (virgin births, walking on water, loaves into fishes, etc.) and it's easy to see why religion is such an easy target online.
Basically it's the opposite of real life. In real life the atheists and people who aren't sure keep quiet, lest they be judged and criticized. Online it's the non-atheists who keep quiet. The drama comes from the non-atheists who have been raised and taught to not stay quiet, to stand up for their beliefs, and in some cases beat you over the head with them and convert you to their line of thinking despite your objections.
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