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WEST VIRGINIA....
Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to the West Virginia town of Fort Gay after suspending gamer 26 year old Josh Moore who was accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay, a name the company considered offensive. When Moore tried to tell Seattle-based Microsoft and the team at Xbox Live that the town truly exsisted, they wouldn't take his word for it, Google it or check the U.S. Postal Service website for a ZIP code. Instead, they suspended his gaming privileges until he could convince them the location in his profile wasn't a joke or a slur but was an actual community of about 800 in Wayne County.
Fort Gay has been a community since 1789, when 11 people tried to establish a settlement at the junction of the Tug and Big Sandy rivers. It was incorporated as Cassville in 1875 but was simultaneously known as Fort Gay until 1932, when town leaders changed it to Fort Gay for good. There's a Gay in Jackson County and a Mount Gay in Logan County.