The debate over esports being classified as sports isn’t going anywhere. In fact, as esports continue to gain popularity, it will probably become even more heated. Most of the anger comes from the fact that games like League of Legends have the word ‘sport’ in their title at all. The truth is, the core values of a sport – teamwork, tournaments, triumphs – are all what makes esports exciting. But esports are very different in one very important way. Traditional sports are all about proving what the best version of a man or woman looks like; esports are about proving that anyone can be that best version.

None of this is to say that esports – or the players involved – are perfect. Just two months ago 100 Thieves fired kNg from their CS:GO team after he made homophobic insults on twitter. Around the same time, the Dallas Fuel, a team for Overwatch, fined and suspended xQc for homophobic remarks. Both incidents have highlighted a zero tolerance approach to the sort of raunchy or negative behavior that is sometimes prevalent across traditional sports.

The teams and companies behind esports are perhaps the biggest proponents of inclusivity, making it a central part of their organizations beliefs. The Overwatch team Los Angeles Valiant, for example, has announced an ongoing initiative to promote acceptance across the gaming community.

As a part of this initiative, Valiant will be holding an event every month until June. Valiant already held their March event, which was a community block party aimed at bringing gaming to all ages and family types. In April, they will be engaging with the artistic side of the community, putting on a gallery and encouraging fans to send in any and all artwork. In May, Valiant will hold a Girls in Gaming Summit, a larger part of the #GirlsBehindTheGames movement. Finally, in June they will be holding an LA Valiant Pride party that coincides with the PRIDE event in Hollywood every year.

While sports often show solidarity with movements by a show of bands or colors worn during games, the importance of acceptance in esports has become a core part of their identity. So much so that it isn’t even seen as very odd at all when a professional League of Legends player, Sneaky, cosplays as the female champion Lux just for kicks.

Many were caught off-guard by Sneaky’s cosplay, but not in a negative way. His videos showing the cosplay are the most watched of any he has put out, and the community overwhelming loved the out-of-the-blue cosplay.

There are a lot of ways a community could react to a professional player dressing in drag, but few of them would be as supportive and entertained as the esports audience. Sneaky’s team, Cloud9, even put a cartoon version of him in drag in one of their newest videos, showing that their only opinion of the incident is that it is funny.

At the end of the day, the biggest difference between esports fans and sports fans is they don’t really care what people call them or the things they like. And the institutions behind esports only care about whether people are being treated with respect, which seems like a much more important conversation to have.