Microsoft apologizes for suspending 'Fort Gay' gamer
Posted by Joystiq Sep 08 2010 18:15 GMT in Gaming News
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Microsoft has apologized to a 26-year-old gamer after suspending him from Xbox Live. Microsoft took the action based on Josh Moore's online profile, which listed "Fort Gay" as his location. It turns out that nobody Binged Fort Gay, West Virginia, the happy hamlet of 819 citizens. Heads-up, Microsoft: Mount Gay, West Virginia is also a real place.

Xbox Live enforcement master Stephen Toulouse acknowledged the mistake and said that the training of his banhammer-wielding team had already been updated. Microsoft altered its Xbox Live policy earlier this year to allow acknowledgement of sexual orientation terms for people, following concerns over the company's policies toward the GLBT community.



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