FGC organizers ban female Street Fighter pro for \u201cunwanted physical contact\u201d Red Bull Media HouseStreet Fighter pro Leah \u2018Gllty\u2019 Hayes will not be attending various events after a wave of FGC tournament organizers have taken action against her for \u201cunwarranted and unwanted physical contact.\u201d There\u2019s been a lot of focus in the FGC to keep both competitors and tournament attendees safe from anyone that could present harm. Now, FGC event hosts are taking a similar stance toward Gllty for her \u201cunwanted, inappropriate physical contact\u201d with past event attendees, as more information is coming to light. Gllty is also a current participant in the Street Fighter League\u2019s second season. \u201cDue to recently collected information regarding unwarranted and unwanted physical contact between event attendees,\u201d Combo Breaker said in a tweet. \u201cLeah \u2018Gllty\u2019 Hayes will be barred from attending Combo Breaker LLC events until further notice.\u201d The announcement seems to have created a domino-effect around FGC organizers as even more notices released that will effectively prohibit Gllty from competing at or attending their venues. \u201cAs a result of recent accusations towards, and personal admission of, past instances of unauthorized sexual contact at FGC events, Leah \u2018Gllty\u2019 Hayes will not be permitted to attend Frosty Faustings until further notice,\u201d the official Frosty Faustings Twitter account said. Gllty took \u201cownership\u201d of the allegations levied against her, and was open about how she \u201ccontributed to the toxic environment\u201d within the FGC. \u201cI\u2019ve flirted with a lot of women, and in more than once instance I\u2019ve made them feel uncomfortable\u2026\u201d Gllty said. \u201cIt\u2019s my obligation to take responsibility. I\u2019m not sure what to do next, but taking ownership of my own actions is the first step.\u201d As a transgender woman, Gllty wanted to \u201cseparate [her] negative choices from the rest of the LGBT and trans community,\u201d while also detract anyone who is looking to defend her: \u201cIf you are defending me, I would recommend you question yourself as to why.\u201d The FGC has been working toward providing a safer environment for all to create a space where everyone can feel welcomed. On August 11, esports photographer Chris Bahn was similarly ousted from future events in the fighting game community. Bahn gave Dexerto an exclusive statement on his bans, as repercussions for the photographer saw him lose his finalist nomination for Esports Photographer of the Year at the 2019 Esports Awards. Dexerto has reached out to Capcom to find out about Gllty\u2019s participation in the second season of the Street Fighter League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FGC organizers ban female Street Fighter pro for \u201cunwanted physical contact\u201d Red Bull Media HouseStreet Fighter pro Leah \u2018Gllty\u2019 Hayes will not be attending various events after a wave of FGC tournament organizers have taken action against her for \u201cunwarranted and unwanted physical contact.\u201d There\u2019s been a lot of focus in the FGC to keep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}