Your guild does not need to have an LGBTQI+ focus to advertise here. It merely needs to provide a safe space for LGBTQI+ players. This is a fairly low bar to reach; you just need rules against harassment, slurs, and “jokes”. Some people may be looking for a guild with an LGBTQI+ focus though, so mention it if your guild has one.
I noticed here and elsewhere people were looking for friendly guilds and all the information so far seemed rather haphazard. So I figured a topic here would be helpful to organize things and let people know where they can go to be comfortable.
If you fear harassment of any sort for yourself or your guild, feel free to post on alts/pseudonyms and contact people directly elsewhere. More private and vetted places like guild discord channels can be used to hammer out details.
To advertise your guild, please post:
- Guild name
- Server name and type. If you haven’t decided on a server yet, at least post what type you’re planning to roll on.
- Faction
- Focus (pvp, pve, roleplaying, social, etc)
- LGBTQI+ focus, if appropriate.
- Link to your guild recruitment thread on this forum, or reddit, or whatever.
And make it formatted in such a way people can easily search the thread. Fully type out server names/guild names/etc. Don’t just post a link to your thread and be done with it.
If you are not a guild’s recruiter but want to speak positively about a guild you’re planning to join, feel free to mention it. Do mention that you don’t speak for said guild though, just in case.
For people who are looking for guilds or just want to chat, please don’t clutter this thread. No one wants to scroll through 40 posts of conversation or resumes to find guilds. Post your resumes in guild specific topics or your own topic. Bumps are fine though if this topic falls off the first few pages.
EDIT:
DO NOT RESPOND TO TROLLS, BIGOTS, OR OTHER MISCREANTS! REPORT AND MOVE ON! The thread’s been targeted a bit by bad people, and they are not arguing in good faith. Do not engage them. Their aggressive and dismissive posts only emphasize the need for safe spaces, so trying to argue with them cannot make anything better.
If any forum moderators are reading this, I’d like to formally request that the thread be cleared of off topic discussion, regardless of post content. I don’t know how to request this outside of just posting it (if there’s a better way, someone tell me). The thread’s for guild advertisement and recruitment, and anything other than that is just clutter.