homophobia

[baratron]

Anyone know what you can do about homophobic kids?

The other day he was telling us that Fire Red got really gay after a while, and using Ditto in battle made it less gay. When I asked him to rephrase that he didn't get what I was intending. Using "gay" to mean "bad" may not mean that you want to kill anyone who happens to be gay, but it certainly doesn't make for a good environment for anyone gay or bisexual who's reading these forums - especially not any young teenager who's insecure in their sexuality.

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[baratron.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. I'd forgotten about "being raped" on tests. Several different people have used the word "rape"/"rapist" on Pokemon forums to talk about really powerful Pokemon. I've reported the offending posts to the mods, but I don't know whether the mods understand what the problem is, and I'm not sure how to explain it.

Do you know of a clueful rant site that I could direct people to for education about why "rape" shouldn't be used that way?