I see my friends telling their stories, so perhaps I should share some of my own. I am often open, but there is no end to them. They just seem so tiringly common. These are why I have so little tolerance even for "jokes."

CW; sexism, abuse, threats of violence, rape
My first D&D game with my brother and his friends, I bartered my way into the party with art because I wanted to play. They begrudgingly allowed me after first denying me. My character was groped in a dungeon. Another player was "raped by AIDS monkeys." I was ~14, they were ~16.
The game store we used to hang out at had a skeezy owner. He made lewd comments about me all the time. I remember a comment about how he found it attractive that I& #39;d get fired up and angry when I was treated unfairly. He made some gross comment about me and my BF when I was 17.
THE OWNER showed me an 18+ module that was all about sex and fetishes, both consensual and non-con, gamified into a TTRP system. I WAS UNDERAGE.

That store was later closed after several sexual harassment charges from his former employees.
It is not uncommon for a table full of players to tell me to whore out my character when we get to town so the party can have more gold.

This and other in-game sexisms from players and NPCs is why I now tend to roll men rather than women.
Sexist and demeaning comments are so common, I remember creating my screen name specifically to be ungendered, and to carry a feeling of power. Before I started streaming and showing my face, I was always assumed male. I never corrected them, & I was never questioned.
When I first appeared on Boyks& #39; streams, it took months to get his community to stop assuming I was someone& #39;s girlfriend. Hell, I had to tell Boyks himself & #39;no& #39; when HE assumed I was his girlfriend. No one asked my opinion.
My first GDQ, I witnessed a roommate (she must have changed her name, because her old one is now someone else) serve a pro gamer drinks and practically crawl on his lap trying to get him to let her make his channel art. This should never be considered "networking."
Same GDQ, a dude sat next to me in the stream room and asked for all of my social information. GDQ is incredibly social so I didn& #39;t think much of it until he started asking oddly specific questions and kept showing me pictures on his phone.
Thankfully the other friends I& #39;d made encouraged me to report it. I wasn& #39;t going to say anything because I thought he was just awkward and didn& #39;t want to start trouble. Turns out there were already several reports about him. He ended up banned from the event.
Same GDQ, the last Sunday, a stranger kept asking me for hugs. I tolerated it because the GDQ crowd was generally friendly and a lot less creepy than most gatherings I& #39;d been to. I put my foot down when he pressed his dick against my thigh. Never saw him again.
When I broke up with one ex, his friend threatened to send someone to kill me. Had I not been working at a high-security facility at the time, I would have been scared for my life. Thankfully nothing seemed to come of it.
My first serious relationship I ended up the victim of narcissistic abuse. I heard every redpill, incel, and anti-feminist talking point as he fell down the hole of internet radicalization. It took me years to recover. Gamerg*te tore those wounds open a second time.
Beta testing Sea of Thieves, I was CAPTAINING a ship of four - I taught them how to sail from my real world experience. We passed another ship in PVP, close enough we could hear each others& #39; mics, and as I& #39;m giving commands to open fire I hear "THEY HAVE A GIRL"
I remember curtly denying a random& #39;s request that I take my glasses off on stream. Trolls racing to get banned have asked to see my boobs or vagina on camera. Being a woman on Twitch, your skill and intentions are always questioned.
I met Adam Koebel at PAX West at a panel about marginalized streamers as I was starting my channel. I questioned how to get help from Twitch if you are targeted as a small streamer, as I watched a friend get stalked and Twitch slowtrack her requests for help.
I was advised we& #39;d talk after, since Twitch representatives were in the room. I was also advised I& #39;d need to make a Partnered friend who could speak up for me or message their liaison to get faster help or action.

As we see recently, even this isn& #39;t enough.
I am a stubborn woman and stand up for myself often, but it is soul crushing when standing up for yourself is met with "it& #39;s just a joke, lighten up" or "if you don& #39;t like it, leave," and to turn to people you thought were friends only to be met with *silence.*
This is why I have little tolerance for these "jokes" and their excuses. Invalidating and demeaning my existence is not funny.

They want us to be silent. We cannot be silent.
To my community; each one of you is invaluable. I do my best to foster a safe community and to turn away unsavory company before it gets settled, sometimes before they even arrive, but it truly takes a whole community to keep everyone safe. Always speak. Thank you. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
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