Microsoft Reverses "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy On XBLA

Victory! After several months of pressure from the LGBT community and decent human beings in general, Microsoft has finally put their proverbial "don't ask don't tell" policy at XBOX Live to rest. As you may know, users were finding themselves banned after identifying as L,G,B, or T (or just having a "gay" name, like true-story ban victim Richard Gaywood) while anti homosexual slurs were hurled around with wanton abandon.Well, now the slurs are officially hands-off and users are free to identify themselves as straight, gay, bi, transgender, or straight on their XBOX Live profiles:

"You may use the following terms to express your relationship orientation in your profile or Gamertag: Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, Straight. Other terms regarding relationship orientation are not allowed (Bad Fish note: so if you're a metrosexual polygamist with bicurious tendencies, you are SOL). In addition you may not use these terms or any other terms regarding relationship orientation to insult, harass, or any other pejorative use against other users."

You Gamer Grrlz are pretty top-notch in the tolerance and general doesn't-have-head-up-ass department, so I know you don't need an explanation as to why this is important and positive. Can you believe there are those that do? I was very disappointed at the response from some of the gamer community.

[Kotaku]