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City of Heroes bans gay characters

pinknews.co.uk — A gay gamer has been forced to change his online screen identity after being told his username is too "vulgar ” and “offensive” for internet role playing game City of Heroes. The game, run by international software developer NC Soft, refuses to allow the use of the word gay, changing it to symbols like swear words.

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  • Ignignokt01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Gay has a wierd definiton nowadays. One one hand, it is often used to cause offense, and on the other hand, it actually means homosexual. I don't know whether banning it is PC (politically correct) or not PC...
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