Current Events > Was Homophobia Prevalent During The Early Years Of Gamefaqs?

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During the late 90's-Early 2000's, was Homophobia more prevalent and acceptable on Gamefaqs?

Or was gamefaqs still strict to anyone who would make jokes or derogatory comments on people who were gay?

I love this gimmick.

So one of CJayC's earliest implemented violations of the Terms of Service was "Sexual Preference Insult". Basically stated that calling anyone or anything "gay" as a derogatory was an insta-ban.

After a couple of years it softened to "instant warning".
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I mean, it was in society at large for sure, theres no question. Up until 2003 a good number of states still had sodomy laws.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States
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calling other users gay was bannable offense.
heck, it's still in the board Etiquette guidelines to not use gay or r-word in place of stupid.

one of my older account got banned for mocking Code Geass as Code Gay Ass lol.
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another reason I didn't mind cBuzzkilljayc departing.
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