I had a story relayed to me just a few hours ago that seems pertinent. I was on discord with a few old gaming friends being nostalgic. We'd all known each other

I had a story relayed to me just a few hours ago that seems pertinent. I was on discord with a few old gaming friends being nostalgic. We'd all known each other online for some time before discovering discord. One of my friends is a woman who had never revealed this. I did not know this until tonight, but when she got on discord's voice chat for the first time she was extremely anxious about how people would react. She said one of her fondest memories is about how we mostly just poked fun at ourselves for assuming otherwise and then played the game just like we always did, having a great time with each other. The way she spoke about it reminded me of how I felt when my family reacted positively to coming out as bisexual. Which blows my mind and deeply saddens me... the idea that gaming culture could cause someone to feel their gender needed to be information guarded in that way. Its alarming, and I think regardless of your views of the culture wars its something that needs to be fixed as urgently as possible.