Microsoft Taking "Gay" Issue Too Far

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Last week, the internet was abuzz with the news of Microsoft banning an XBL GamerTag with the work “gay” in it. The gamer, who admitted to being gay and therefore proud of his choice in life, had his GamerTag “[Only registered users can see links. ]” banned because other Xbox LIVE users found it offensive and also because it violated Xbox policy regarding GamerTags that had any sexual or harassing connotations.

Today, according to Kotaku, they were contacted by a UK gamer who recently has his GamerTag deleted due to the same reasoning. But this time, it was because of his last name, which just happens to be Gaywood. The offensive tag was “RichardGaywood” and while I understand MS not wanting vulgar filled names floating about on LIVE, this is just outright silliness. I actually went to school with a Richard Gaywood so it is not like this guy just made this up.

In conclusion, people with the following last names will most likely have their GamerTag removed if they use it as their online monkier: Gayhart, Gayheart, Gay ( In know three people with this last name), Gaye, Gaymar, Gaysmith, Gayton, Gaylor, Gaylord, Gayley, etc, etc, etc.

I realize that this policy is probably to prevent homophobic people from creating obscene and offending profiles on XBL, but this has just entered the realm of ridiculous rather quickly.

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[Bex]

Indeed, that is taking it too far
Marvin Gaye not allowed on xbl then

I understand it, but, surely at least one person in Microsoft has the brains to work out that's not offensive? In fact I'm sure most people would........maybe whoever it was who made the decision has issues