Stephanie McMahon to FORCE gay/lesbian characters

The_Zora_King 

14 hours ago#53

Skye Reynolds posted...

Pro wrestling, the WWE in particular, has had a long history of homophobia.

Back in 1987, Roddy Piper and Don Muraco debated over whether open expressions of homosexuality should be allowed on wrestling television. Bad guy Muraco got a cheer from the crowd when he argued in favor of freedom of expression; citing "This is America." Roddy Piper, the good guy in the debate, shook his head and shouted about how he didn't want his son seeing that and thinking that it was okay.

The 1990s had Goldust fondling men against their will. The 2000s had oily tag team Billy & Chuck played for laughs. It wasn't until 2012, when GLAAD called out top star John Cena's use of homophobic insinuations, that the WWE finally changed its tune.

Maybe WWE owner Vince McMahon has changed his views. Maybe this is purely political for him. But his daughter Stephanie, the one quoted on saying how vital this is, has always been known to be more accepting. It's a new generation. Stephanie and her husband practically run the company at this point. Maybe there is hope for the company in spite of its history.

I can't pretend that they're starting out with a clean slate, but it's nice to see inclusion in a company that has thus far been seen as one of a perpetrator of homophobia. With LGBT acceptance being a part of wrestling and children's animation, I think we might really be starting to make headway against intolerant attitudes.

There is just a lot of homophobia is male sports (We'll include WWE as a sport here) in general. A player being openly gay affects their chances of being drafted and being popular worse than them being adulterers, women beaters, animal abusers, drug addicts, or even murderers (because being good at playing ultimately a trivial game excuses that). I'm welcome any attempts to try to change this culture to be more accepting.

I don't know anything about WWE, but I now greatly respect John Cena for what he did above. I knew he was a great person with the make a wish foundation, but this just makes him incredible in my eyes.

Pokemon Go Raped Her

Woman tells police she was RAPED by a Pokemon Go character after she felt an ‘assault’... and the virtual reality game detected the creature in her bedroom

• - The woman said she woke up to find a Pokemon on top of her in bed 
• - She had been playing the popular game in her home before she slept 
• - Police dismissed her claims and told her to seek psychiatric help
• - Pokemon Go was downloaded 15 million times in its first week in the US 
• - Players use GPS to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures 

Police say a young woman has lodged a formal complaint that she has been raped - by a Pokemon.  

She told officers that she had been sexually assaulted by a giant Pokemon in her apartment in the Russian capital city of Moscow.

The married woman, whose name has not been released, had reportedly been playing Pokemon GO before she fell asleep.

She claimed that she woke up to find a huge Pokemon lying on top of her body and says it was raping her.

The woman says the Pokemon disappeared when she jumped out of bed - but says the Pokemon GO app on her phone could still detect the same virtual character's presence on her bed.

She woke up her husband to tell her what had happened who told police officers that he did not believe her and told her to see a psychiatrist.

Russian news website Bloknot reports that the police did not believe her either and that the woman then went to see a psychic who was unable to help her.

Ivan Makarov, the woman's friend, said: "She says there are too many Pokemon at her place and even the dog can sense them. She says the dog barks whenever she plays Pokemon GO."

Mr Makarov said that his friend had eventually accepted her husband's advice, in desperation, and had booked an appointment with a psychiatrist.

Pokemon GO, a free-to-play, location-based augmented reality game for iOS and Android devices, has become a huge craze since it launched in July 2016.

Players use GPS to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokemon, who appear on screen as if they were in the same real-world location as the player.