Gayming Awards 2025 reveals hosts, Rising Stars, Gayming Icon & theme song
The Gayming Awards 2025, the world’s only LGBTQ+ video game award show, is set to premiere worldwide on Tuesday, July 8th, 2025, on World of Wonder’s WOW Presents Plus. Ahead of the celebration, we’re excited to drop a whole raft of exciting reveals including news of the hosts, special guests, the new LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2025, the new Gayming Icon and the show’s official theme tune.
Hosts
Returning for a second year, we’re proud to welcome back a dynamic hosting duo who embody the vibrant intersection of queer culture and gaming. Award-winning drag queen and celebrated content creator DEERE brings her signature charisma, uniqueness, and gaming savvy to the stage once again, promising a show full of flair, fun, and fabulousness. She is joined by the versatile and ever-engaging Milady Confetti — a beloved content creator, insightful podcaster, and talented writer known for her wit, warmth, and advocacy for inclusivity in games and geek culture.
Joining the powerhouse presenting duo, is star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 2 and RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 3, Morgan McMichaels. Morgan is an avid gamer who brings her love of games along with her ability to read the house down to join the Gayming Awards for a fun reading segment which will help everyone develop new and shady ways to read fellow gamers in chat. Tune in to see what she has to say… the games library WILL be open!
Gayming Icon
At the Gayming Awards 2025, the prestigious Gayming Icon Award will be presented to Rebecca Heineman. Rebecca first made headlines in 1980 when she became the first-ever national video game champion by winning the Space Invaders tournament held by Atari. As a self-taught programmer and designer, Rebecca helped port and develop some of the most iconic games of the ’80s and ’90s. Her fingerprints are on classics like The Bard’s Tale, Wasteland, and Wolfenstein 3D. As an out and proud trans woman in the games industry, she’s been a trailblazer.
Not just behind the scenes, but on the front lines creating some of the most beloved franchises in video game history. Her advocacy for LGBTQ+ inclusion, accessibility, and diversity in tech has inspired countless developers and players.
LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2025
The LGBTQ+ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2025 celebrates up-and-coming queer content creators who are making their mark in the streaming world. This year, the Class includes Twitch streamers BoyeFran, Bvssykatdoll, Mynxie666 & WillJinkies. They will benefit from a major prize package from sponsor Elgato, as well as other prizes.
Theme Song
Finally, every good show needs its own theme tune and this year for the Gayming Awards, they have that too with Stay Close to Me (Ozkar Wylde Remix) by Bentley Jones.
Bentley Jones is not just a queer icon, he’s a British producer and recording artist who has produced for many artists around the world including Rihanna, Whitney Houston, and Nicki Minaj. They’ve also written songs for games including Tekken, Titan Wars and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Stay Close to Me (Ozkar Wylde Remix) the official theme of Gayming Awards 2025 is available to download now on all streaming platforms.
This year’s Gayming Awards is set to be the biggest one yet, by far! All these reveals provide a tantalizing glimpse into the size of show we’ve got planned and what fans can get excited about. From our awesome returning hosts to our special guest Morgan McMichaels and our iconic theme song from Bentley, it’s going to be awesome. Plus, I’m so honored to be revealing our Gayming Icon and our new Class of Rising Stars. Tune in July 8th, it’s going to be a blast!
Robin Gray, Gayming Magazine & Gayming Awards Founder
The Gayming Awards will premiere Tuesday, July 8th, 2025, exclusively on WOW Presents Plus, joining the platform’s extensive catalogue of award-winning original programming, including the entire international Drag Race franchise, World of Wonder-produced documentary films, such as The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Party Monster, as well as licensed content including the recently premiered documentary, The Little Pageant That Could.
For more information on everything Gayming Awards, head to gaymingawards.com and follow Gayming Magazine on all socials @gaymingmag
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