Diablo III (PC, Os X, PS3, Xbox 360)
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
Trigger Warning: This article contains instances of transphobia and violent threats.
(If you are reading this article just for the petition, you can find it here.)
For many, gaming is an escape from the “real world” and a way to relieve stress. It can be almost therapeutic to insert yourself into a fantasy world in which you don’t normally belong. Unfortunately, modern-day bigotry has seeped into online communities so that for many marginalized people, even gaming can’t be an escape and they still truly do not belong. At least, that’s what bigots would like them to believe. I, myself, am not welcome in many communities because I am queer and I am a woman, but this story isn’t about me; it’s about the countless trans individuals who are being persecuted and excluded from Blizzard’s private Diablo III clans.
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
Trigger Warning: This article contains instances of transphobia and violent threats.
(If you are reading this article just for the petition, you can find it here.)
For many, gaming is an escape from the “real world” and a way to relieve stress. It can be almost therapeutic to insert yourself into a fantasy world in which you don’t normally belong. Unfortunately, modern-day bigotry has seeped into online communities so that for many marginalized people, even gaming can’t be an escape and they still truly do not belong. At least, that’s what bigots would like them to believe. I, myself, am not welcome in many communities because I am queer and I am a woman, but this story isn’t about me; it’s about the countless trans individuals who are being persecuted and excluded from Blizzard’s private Diablo III clans.
- 4/7/2014
- by Holly Fulton
- SoundOnSight
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