So Blizzard isn't anti-gay or lesbian. The company released an official statement via the game's forums. The complete statement is after the jump.

Invisible Harassment Policy Issue [WoW Forums]
Blizzard Frowns on Gay-Friendly Guilds

"Apologies for the length of time it took to get this information out to you.

"We encourage community building among our players with others of similar interests, and we understand that guilds are one of the primary ways to forge these communities. However, topics related to sensitive real-world subjects — such as religious, sexual, or political preference, for example — have had a tendency to result in communication between players that often breaks down into harassment.

"To promote a positive game environment for everyone and help prevent such harassment from taking place as best we can, we prohibit mention of topics related to sensitive real-world subjects in open chat within the game, and we do our best to take action whenever we see such topics being broadcast. This includes openly advertising a guild friendly to players based on a particular political, sexual, or religious preference, to list a few examples. For guilds that wish to use such topics as part of their recruiting efforts, our Guild Recruitment forum, located at our community Web site, serves as one open avenue for doing so.

"We will be clarifying some of the language in our game policies in order to help avoid such confusion in the future." - Caydiem

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