I agree - I stand against discrimination based on personal attributes of all kinds, that's something I write about when I'm trying to make bigger posts.

Harassment is a huge issue to me, and it is a constant concern for me and many women. One person, anyone would just write off, you know? But being targeted for the same reason, same "difference", over and over and over, can make a person feel alienated, hurt, and silenced. After a while, people in those situations don't look at games the same way anymore - because they can't tell if someone is lurking in the server, match or team who is going to be #N in a unending line of people who give them a specific kind of trouble. Women play plenty of games, but they're less visible because they're often silenced by this constant threat of harassment - often they just don't want to deal with it, so they talk only to friends, use a voice changer, or stay silent. They pick up casual sexism as cues that they won't be welcome. They're stuck worrying about sexist stereotypes long after they muted the guy who mentioned them, because they know it's not only that guy.

I can't play anymore because of anxiety. While every game in a night included one or more people shouting at me or mocking my voice, a player reminded me of a game I had played a year before against them. A mob of guys on my team had decided that player must be a girl, and bonded over punishing "her", shouting things like "that bitch got raped!" and "fuck that bitch up!" The combination of that and my already shitty night made my stomach turn, and over a year later, it hasn't let up.