Homosexuality

Both Kotaku and Penny-Arcade has brought an interesting issue to the forfront on homosexuality and gaming culture. Of course for many people the nail in the coffin for this issue was stated by BioWare's community manager Sean Dahlberg on the issue of the words "homosexual", "lesbian" and "gay" being censored on the boards.

As I have stated before, these are terms that do not exist in Star
Wars.
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I don't claim to have authority on what does or does not exist in the Star Wars universe. I'm no expert on the Star Wars universe, however, from a fan perspective the idea of homosexuality is interesting. For the longest time adolescent kids (and adolescent minded adults) have ignorantly used the idea of homosexuality as a demeaning term for someone which often has nothing to do with sexuality. The thought of calling someone "gay" was not necessarily to imply they were attracted to someone of a common gender, but was someone of lesser values. This becomes a problem when this parlance is used and the people do not think of the implications on actual homosexuality. Much like the problem with the World of Warcraft ban on the GLBT guild, the concern was misrouted away from actual homosexuals, but more on the use of homosexual terms outside its context.

I often wonder if there is something intrinsically different about “nerd communities” or if it’s just the same as the rest of society, merely with a different flavor. I’d like to think that nerds are more sympathetic to diverse people and walks of life, but I find equal evidence for and against this theory.