GLAAD Tackles Homophobia In Virtual Communities
A few months back, when all the controversy about some moderation on the BioWare Old Republic community forums happened , Dawdle reported that EA had teamed up with GLAAD to put on a panel about homophobia in online virtual communities. While at the time, infomation was scarce, it looks the event will be going down on Saturday, July 18th at the EA offices in Redwood City, California.
The event will have five panelist and one moderator who will ask the panelist three questions and then open the floor for an audience Q&A. One of the speakers will be our very own Fruit Brute, along with Dan Hewitt from the ESA, Caryl Shaw from Maxis Studio, Cyn Skyberg from Linden Lab, and Stephen Toulouse from XBox LIVE. I have to admit that they have some great people and companies on the docket that will have plenty to say about homophobia and virtual communities.
So, if you are in the bay area and would like to go, you need to RSVP on their website for the event, and they should tell you if they still have space available and then email you the exactly location and time for the event. I know Fruit Brute will be there and I will be attending along with a few others from the GayGamer crew here in San Francisco. Feel free to RSVP yourself and see what the industry has to say about issues that effect you (unless you live under a rock). Here's the Facebook event too, for more info:
Panel on Homophobia & Virtual Communities [Facebook]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Miscellany, Video Games on 9 July 2009
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