Why are you posting here if you obviously have no respect for sexual minorities? As the other poster said, there are more terms because we have better ways to understand the intricacies of human sexuality, not because of "self-important morons". The only self-important moron I see here is you. Piss off.

"..you have to go through life with people making incorrect assumptions about your sexual identity, and you have to constantly correct and clarify..."

Im curious, how often do you have to correct and clarify your sexuality and under what circumstances(medical reasons and dating dont count)?

I think the comments we're reading here are indication enough of how important something like this is.
Nobody is forcing anyone to watch or participate in anything - yet the very idea of sharing a space with us is enough to enrage the masses. :/

Gender and sexual orientation are not political beliefs, nor are they opinions: they're a small part of the large tapestry of traits that makes an individual up. And in a world that often chooses to arbitrarily oppress and demean people based on those traits, it makes perfect sense that they would want to stand up and…

Yeah, fuck those assholes who played games as kids and found a way to express themselves in a society that didn't accept them for who they are. Those pricks shouldn't talk about what gaming means to them and how it impacted their lives so that other people who might have experienced similar things can relate.

They have an opportunity to relate to video game characters in a more personal way now that there are tools available to develop one's own game. I think it's great and I honestly don't see how anyone can have a problem with it. It's not like transexual, gay, and lesbian characters are going to replace male and female…

Yeah, fuck those assholes who played games as kids and found a way to express themselves in a society that didn't accept them for who they are. Those pricks shouldn't talk about what gaming means to them and how it impacted their lives so that other people who might have experienced similar things can relate.

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