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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8321244" data-attributes="member: 15700">I don't view it so much as my principals (I guess though...) as so far as walking the talk.  The Trevor project focuses on under 25 LGBTQ folks who are looking for help and support navigating the land mine that is their lives.  You know, people who are called disgusting by game companies simply for being trans....I don't live that life; I don't face those challenges.  But I know it's wrong how they are treated.  I don't know all the right things to do or help; I only know what my strengths and tools are.  I'm an indie publisher, so I use those skills to make my products inclusive, support diverse freelancers by hiring them, and help support organizations like the Trevor Project who are much more qualified to help impacted groups than I am.  It's not much in the big picture, but we all have different strengths and resources, and if all of us leverage those to help, I think it could make a difference.I have several close family members and friends who are part of the LGBTQ community, and someone I care about has recently undergone transition surgery and is going through so many struggles with that process right now.  Struggles people like me never have to face, and my heart hurts for her.  It's just not right, to exclude people, make jokes about them, or to accuse them of things they've been accused of just because they don't fit your (general you) definition of what should be normal.  Christ, life has already dealt them a tough hand, and I believe in helping others because that's what we should do, right?  If every other aspect of a person's life is hard, what does it cost me to be kind and to include them?We're all in this together.  We are a community.  Not just white cis men like me, but everyone.  And everyone should be treated fairly and represented.</blockquote>

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