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Steam Reportedly Blocks LGBTQ+ Game Tag In China, Following Similar Censorship In Russia
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this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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I think putting (edit: some of) the heat on Valve here is reasonable. If they had a principled stance on being pro-LGBTQ+, they might refuse to sell any games in those regions. But they are choosing instead to let the lgbtq+ folks take the hit so that they can continue to rake in the big bucks from those regions.
Obviously I wouldn't actually expect an enormous capital driven machine like Valve to do something like that, but its just an extra nudge on the gauge of my opinion of them as a company
Are you okay with losing all your Steam games once your country also passes such a law?
I'd cheer valve on for taking a principled stance against bigotry in my country while personally grieving the loss of my steam library.
I doubt it'll make a difference. Also almost all my LGBTQ friends are huge gamers. It's an escape, and often provides online community. And I'm in a very liberal country and they still need it here. Can't imagine the need for it in China or Russia. Whether that's healthy is a big question, but the rug pull definitely won't be.
I guess there's an argument to be made for just stopping selling games in those regions while keeping access to existing libraries
That's a looot of users they'd need to support without seeing any money from them. Might be worth it if they expect the laws to be temporary.
Be a good little fedi, put your money where you mouth is and get ready to sacrifice. Jesus Christ, 'waahhhhh, I'd have to start stealing my games '.
Jesus Christ the second valve gets involved you all become spinless DNC cunts.
Yeah so this isn't about me. It's about millions of lonely kids. Plenty will learn to pirate. Many won't. I'm sure we'd see an uptick in suicides.
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@makeshift0546 @TheBlackLounge What is funny ? The fact some won't be able to pirate games because of ignorance or repression ?
Fuck all domination, oppression, and exploitation systems. That of course includes capitalism and LGBTQIA+phobia. That also includes elitism, classism, ableism, etc. These lists are not exhaustive.
That you'd rather simp for fuck faces and waste time with gpt rather than pirating a game.
Fuck you.
Be a good little fedi, put your money where you mouth is and get ready to sacrifice. Jesus Christ, 'waahhhhh, I'd have to start stealing my games '.
Jesus Christ the second valve gets involved you all become spinless DNC cunts.
Steam didn’t make the decision, China and Russia did
Steam is making a decision by continuing to do business in regions that made those decisions
In the case of China, Steam very much made this decision on their own, or received bad advice and did so.
But they happily obeyed the orders of Russia and China.
Why do you run cover for a face- and soulless corporation like Valve?