Xbox Live policy boss Stephen Toulouse appeared on the official Xbox podcast and said that members of its online service are permitted from declaring their sexualities.

He had this to say -

“This week we received a report on The Consumerist involving a gamer, I believe they said her name was Teresa, who had experienced some harassment by some Xbox Live users but then found herself suspended because the expression of her sexual orientation was in her profile.  The harassment I want to stress is absolutely out of line [but] the policy right now is that for text-based fields – Gamertags and profiles – is that the expression of relationship preference or sexual orientation is not allowed.”

He went on to say -

“It’s not an elegant policy, it’s an objective policy but that doesn’t mean that everyone’s going to experience it in the same way.  I want to stress that this isn’t something that people are universally happy with.”

It seems strange to me that a service that is trying to promote a social environment where its users can hang out would put a pun on such an important aspect of its users personalities.

Oh well, what’s next, users wearing glasses will be shot?

Related posts:

1. Hackers Target Xbox Live Users!
2. Xbox Live To Raise Friends Limit?
3. Problems With Xbox Live, Again!
4. GTA 4: Lost And The Damned Sets Xbox Live Record!
5. Xbox Live Update!