Yesterday, Electronic Arts announced that they would be hosting a one-day conference to discuss and address homosexual and transgender issues in the video game industry.
The LGBT Full Spectrum Event will take place in New York City on March 7th, and will include such topics as including "authentic" LGBT-themed characters, creating positive work environments for members of the LGBT community, and how to deal with homophobia in gamers.
Last year, EA was listed as having one of the most LGBT-friendly work environments by the HRC.
Seems like an awesome and progressive thing for EA to do, and will hopefully make strides in changing the cultural perception of gaming and homophobia. Of course, I'm sure most gamers will ignore this and continue to complain about microtransactions.
Source:
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Brandon FuscoI'm always proud to hear when big companies step in and speak up for people like this. I complain about EA plenty but this is absolutely great.
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