A Warcraft truce.Blizzard Entertainment, creator of the wildly popular online multiplayer game World of Warcraft “WoW” redirects here. For other uses, see Wow.  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , has reportedly apologized for using
a policy meant to protect LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender players to reprimand one lesbian gamer.
Sara Andrews was warned in January that her post seeking
"GLBT-friendly" players violated sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. rules,
since the visibility of queer garners could elicit harassment that
"may not have existed otherwise," Boston's In Newsweekly
reported.
Blizzard "owned up to the mistake, apologized, and corrected it," Andrews told the paper in early February. Other out gamers remained unfazed un·fazed adj. Not fazed or disturbed. by the flap. "World of Warcraft has little to do with my sexuality," player Lloyd Nicks, 28, told The Advocate via e-mail. Their error, he added, wasn't homophobic, just "lazy." |
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