MySpace: No Gays for a Day

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MySpace: No Gays for a Day

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From what we can tell, the option to select Gay as your sexual orientation was removed from the website on Tuesday due to an apparent technical issue. "Bi, Lesbian, Straight" and even "Not Sure" remained as choices. Conspiracy theorists and gay sites were quick to point to Rupert Murdoch's self proclaimed homophobic views as the reason for this change. MySpace responded with the below announcement from Tom (who reportedly prefers the ladies). The message was posted on Wednesday, but as of Thursday morning Pacific Time, MySpace is still a no-gay zone:

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