Nobody knew, but looks like everyone was wrong!

I agree with kyliedog. once a man, always a man. An operation cannot change that. Same for a woman.

A site about video games sales. Where we argue over the most minute shifts in sales as if it were a clear sign that X console is failing and Y console is going to dominate, constantly? Yet a thread that posts a legit question getting a bunch of replies surprises you? Heh.

I'm not saying that being discriminated against isn't an issue, but expecting people to go out of their way to change things in order to get what you want is absurd. This thread is as absurd as complaining about a DOS program only allowing M/F as genders on a database (I used DOS at a Clinic I worked at until 2009, and this was the case).

You'd need a new database (Gamewise), and I'm not sure how you'd import 100,000+ user accounts/threads/messages/spam.

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As for the discrimination in the thread, sucks, but this is the cost of true freedom. Everyone is entinted to their opinion. Personally I don't care, so long as transexual people aren't as*****es. I can mention 3 examples of stuff I really dislike.

1. A few years back the homosexual Health Minister of Ontario (Canada) George Smitherman, tried to get sex-change operations covered by OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Provider). Health-care is covered by the goverment here, but the problem is it costs $200,000-$300,000 to do this procedure comepletely. This i really hated because most people are against sex changes either religiously, financially (I'd rather have free MMR's), or just morally. His arguement was that "not that many people would partake in this surgery", but sorry, you can't force the majority of people to pay for stuff they don't want to pay for.

2. I know of a few transexuals who have the complete surgery, act as sluts, and then tell the person, after they sleep with them, that they were a different gender. Be respectful, there are people into that and people not into that. Don't sleep with people in order to offend them/force them to be more simpathetic to your cause. That's just being a jerk.

3. Don't be provocating. Gay, Straight or Tran, I hate when people are publicly open about sex. It's not something I want to hear about strangers I pay by (e.g. I don't want to hear about a bj you gave or someone going down on you, unless I know you a little, or ask out of curiousity).

Other then that, I don't care. I don't need transexuals to wear a banner saying "I'm a tranny", but if they know they could offend someone, either don't tell them or don't make moves. Don't force your ideals onto others (any moral ideals, even capital punishment or something), and don't be offensive. If people do that then I don't care if you're a talking Zebra, I'll judge you on who you are (but a Talking Zebra gets bonus points).

Did you just compare gender switching on a forum to atomic bombs? Do you feel like that's a good example?

Eliminate gender on the site, it's not necessary and kinda weird it even asks.

Same with a lot of those things... eye colour, hair colour, relationship status?

did u ask a mod if they change it for u? the option isnt good because to many people would use it to troll, and i dont think its such a big deal if u have to talk to a mod for the change.   we are talking about a realy small groupe of people, sure its never very nice to talk to a mod, but this way is better for us as a whole.