Being inclusive or rather open minded leads to diversity.
Being diverse does not necessarily lead to inclusivity. I like this quote from someone else:
I feel that it’s a meaningful distinction. it was evidently important enough that Jeff brought it up in his keynote speech
so he must have felt there was reason to dispel that misconception within the community. Otherwise why bring it up?
https://www.dbltap.com/posts/6091187-why-overwatch-s-hero-diversity-is-important-to-the-game :
I’d have preferred an icon for every hero or something but honestly…I dont understand how this has been blown up into such a huge deal.
We got an icon, I’m using it and I for one am happy with it being added. The name of it isnt important to me because everyone knows what the icon symbolises.
Why is it a video game company’s job to represent and acknowledge every group that wants it? Why do people seek validation of their being through entertainment media? Let’s ask these questions first.
The game was platformed on diversity and inclusion.
Was it though?
Yes, it was. Because a “goal” is different than what it is essentially marketed on. I’m pretty sure the devs knew what they were doing when they said things like this repeatedly:
Lol, they removed the most liked comment in this thread because it triggered a few people and demanded it to be removed.
A LOT of business leaders have been educated in this distinction.
Jeff isn’t the only one talking about this and I don’t believe this message is only to the community but it’s a message more broadly about diversity and inclusion.
We must all be inclusive at an individual level and diversity in our surroundings will be the end result.
It was trolling, thats why the mods removed it.
i don’t really need to know you specifically to find your statements to be homophobic.
and you being gay doesn’t excuse you from feeding into homophobic rhetoric.
saying what you said is homophobic, it doesn’t matter if you’re gay or not.
i am neither desperate nor ungrateful. i like the icon.
but gay representation and exposure in media is incredibly important. just because you disagree or are privileged enough to feel like you personally don’t need it doesn’t change that.
and what would “annoying as hell” even look like to you? because no one afaik is screaming for everyone to be gay or for everything to be rainbows, at least ik im not.
Easy to say when every modern media represent you.
Pretty weird to assume you know who I am and what represents me. I’m actually the bad guy in most modern media.
That’s still representation.
IMO:
Tracer is a gay. Soldier is a gay. You’ve got a pride flag (in all but name, but we know what it means.)
That’s enough. This isn’t some forum or virtual space where you need to be able to express EXACTLY where you are on the Rainbow spectrum. It’s a game universe. The Pride stuff is subtle and limited, and that’s all it needs to be. Overwatch has always been inclusive–from the style and design of heroes, to their gameplay mechanics.
People don’t make a big deal about being Liberal or Conservative. Or Black or White or other. Or Vegan or Carnivorous or Omnivorous.
All these things are lifestyle choices that don’t matter in the Overwatch universe.
All this stuff should begin and end with a Rainbow icon. Please!
No hate. 
To be fair they did say that the pride content was coming so why not say that it was added? And like I mentioned I wouldn’t have found out about it if weren’t for a random forum post so I imagine that’s how a lot of people found out as well.
That’s why I said its just a bit eyeroll worthy. Personally it’s not a make or break deal for me but I can see why other people aren’t too happy about it.
They’re definitely not choices. My being Jewish is a choice – it’s a conscious decision that I make. My daughter doesn’t get up in the morning and decide to be gay. She is gay, she doesn’t get a say in the matter.
Let me guess; you find Tyler Durden relatable?
He’s not real even in the not real story he’s in.
Soo, you just want all my likes for today then or what?
They feed my ego.