I agree that these threads need to stop. There is way too many, and a lot of them are just clearly bait posts. Everyone knows if you put LGBT+ into the title of your thread you will get 100+ responses within the hour. It is the easiest way to get fake internet attention.
I am Trans, and I am old enough to have actually fought for my state’s right to legalize gay marriage before it became a federal thing. In our real world, being treated less than for being LGBT was a thing we had to fight against. In Azeroth, its a thing that doesn’t exist. While there aren’t many LGBT characters in the world, there has never been a narrative specifically against their existance.
As such, any kind of pride events, pride mogs/items/pets/mounts do not fit narratively, because there is no “Pride” in Azeroth, because Azerothean homosexuals have not had to fight for their right to exist. In a sense, Azeroth is what we should strive to be IRL.
That said I do agree with more “representation” if done well. The Ardenweald quest was great. That’s subtle. If one of them was changed to a female the story wouldn’t change one bit. That’s good representation. They should add more, and it doesn’t need to be in your face. Throw a couple female orcs in an inn and have one of them say something like “See my wife if you need anything” and bam. done. Subtle representation not thrown in your face or paraded around to show people how woke Blizz is. I’d also be in favor of a more main character being LGBT+ but again as long as it’s done well. Suddenly making Jaina gay for the sake of representation is awful.
But I am getting so sick of these threads, and so sick of LGBT+ people speaking for me. Even OP while I agree with most of their thread does not speak for me. I am quite capable of speaking for myself.
Not only will forced representation ruin the game for both LGBT+ and not, all of these threads and the arguments they create are doing more harm than good by swinging the pendulum back to us being hated. I’m having more issues now with being trans than I ever did before, because now everyone I talk to, if they find out I’m trans (I don’t usually tell anyone, no one needs to know) get terrified of offending me. I’ve lost friends just because they felt too much pressure to not be accidently offensive, because the whole world has them on edge.
Everyone needs to just chill the f out and go about their daily lives. If we want to get Blizz to add more (well done) representation, then use the feedback form in the game, tweet at them, start a reddit community, start an in game community, email them, do whatever, but focus your energy on talking to Blizz, not screaming into the echo chamber that is the forums and stirring up hate and arguments.
To end this, some things I would like to see:
Maybe one charity thing that supports something like the Trevor Project, or something similar that actually does good in the world. Maybe like the one now for the sloth, if enough $$ is raised we get a pride cape, or a pride outfit for our pug, something small, something supportive.
And I would like a bit more representation. Not overkill, not in your face. Subtle. Well written, where the story doesn’t revolve around the fact that they are LGBT but is just referenced by calling someone wife/husband.
And lastly I would like to see these threads stop. Chill out. Focus your energy elsewhere, to someplace where it can actually make a difference.
Not that my opinion matters. I cancelled my sub and returned to ESO. I just troll the forums when bored at work until my sub expires next week. 
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