Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
Well, wait, you just contradicted yourself.
No. You just didn't read what I wrote with an eye toward understanding, as opposed to argument.
The welcoming was toward people that were considered outcasts in ways people do not fully grok now, but were very apparent back then. That said, I've written about these subjects before-

[+] Pride Month- A Brief History of Representation in TTRPGs
Please note that this is a "Plus" (+) thread, and is meant to be Positive. (Source) If you don't have something productive to say, please don't say it. In addition, there will be references to games mature subject matter in this post. While it is not explicit, it is present. So June is LGBTQI+...

That you immediately leap to attack that past practice as bullying and gatekeeping shows that you don't want to engage with the differences that the past had. That is neither to reify nor to dignify it, but it was different.
And, most importantly, you snipped out part (in order to hunt a "contradiction" and make your own argument) while completely missing the entire point of what I was writing- that if the TTRPG, however imperfectly, provided a space for people that did not fit in, then the best way to honor that is to continue expanding the space so that people who are marginalized today find it welcoming.
But thanks.