Sunday, December 15, 2024

DIGIPRIDE 2022

DIGIPRIDE is back for a 2022 season which runs from June through August right here on Gayming Magazine and across Twitch.

Events include DIGIPRIDE panels, special Let’s Play streams, weekly Let’s Go Gayming for DIGIPRIDE streams, special episodes of the Gayming Podcast Live, and more to be revealed!

All this plus exclusive ‘money can’t buy’ competitions, reviews, features and interviews here on Gayming Magazine. 


Sponsors 

DIGIPRIDE is proudly presented by Xbox and sponsored by 2K, Ally, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, Devolver Digital and Wizards of the Coast.


What’s On

DIGIPRIDE PANELS

All panels will take place on Gayming Magazine’s Twitch channel and will be shared on our YouTube channel a few days later.

RISING STARS OF STREAMING – June 18th

Your favorite Rising Stars of Streaming 2021, CoderGirlChan, LukeBoogie, Awkwardish Panda, and ItsMeHolly are returning to talk about their lives in streaming and being a Rising Star!

BONUS LEVELS: The queer history of video game makers – June 28th

Sacha Coward is an LGBTQ+ historian, a tour guide, escape room designer and long term video game nerd. He has been exploring the story of queerness in video games throughout the history of the platform, exploring examples of the good, the bad, and the downright terrible! From the windswept plains of the Witcher to the Forests of Hyrule, join Sacha on this 45-minute live exploration through the queer history of the people behind your favourite video games and where they are today!

QUEER GAME MAKERS – July 12th

We talk with queer indie games makers about the unique process of creating impactful LGBTQ games and the importance of being independent.

MENTAL HEALTH IN GAMING – July 26th

Looking for a +1 Self Care boost? Safe In Our World opens the conversation about the importance of preserving our mental health in gaming.

ADVENTURING WITH PRIDE: A charity one-shot

Roll for charity! This August, an all-star cast of queer D&D legends came together to play a one-shot campaign from the Gayming Award-winning Adventuring With Pride in aid of the It Gets Better Project

The show aired live on August 20th at 8pm UK/3pm ET/12 noon PT on Gayming Magazine’s Twitch channel.

DM: 

Tanya DePass (She/Her)

Cast:

Xander Jeanneret (He/Him)

Jasmine Bhullar (She/Her)

Brian Gray (He/They)

Eugenio Vargas (He/Him)

Milady Confetti (She/Her)

Misty Hungerford (She/Her)

GAYMING PODCAST LIVE

Across DIGIPRIDE, the Gayming Podcast Live will be supercharged with the appearance of special guests each episode from our wonderful sponsors offering you additional insight into their world and with some exciting gossip along the way!

ESPORTS

Come join CMSA eSports for a series of tournament socials, where you can meet other LGBTQ+ folks in a competitive-lite online gaming experience! Check out the schedule below and get registering!

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

Event Date: Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 at 3PM CT

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/Dy9i1tH8a7HPqoVN8

Last day to register: June 30th, 2022

FORTNITE

Event Date: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 at 3PM CT

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/iDUctZArAT2oXwh29

Last day to register: July 14th, 2022

APEX LEGENDS

Event Date: Saturday, July 30th, 2022 at 2PM CT

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/Ln3h7Gn7e7JEfWzE9

Last day to register: July 28th, 2022

FALL GUYS

Event Date: Saturday, August 13th, 2022 at 3PM CT

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/7t3bH76PtmfDVcrF8

Last day to register: August 11th, 2022

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

Event Date: Saturday, August 27th, 2022 at 3PM CT

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/Jamie25rhpWzwGFM6

Last day to register: August 25th, 2022 

STREAMING

Let’s Go Gayming for DIGIPRIDE will be bringing you weekly special streams featuring games from sponsors and queer favorites. You might find some special previews and surprises along the way, and some giveaways too!

COMPETITIONS 

Each of our sponsors will be providing awesome prizes which will be up for grabs throughout DIGIPRIDE. These competitions will come online throughout DIGIPRIDE and we’ll let you know when new ones launch. Head over to our competitions page to see what’s up for grabs.

PRIDE SCHOOL FESTIVAL

Our friends at NYC Gaymers are opening their anime school grounds for the third year in a row this June. Pride School Festival!!! Extreme 3, will once again bring together merchants, non-profits, community groups, and so many others to create a space where we can interact and have fun and for the first time ever they are expanding into a physical space in Manhattan with games, indie game developer showcase, panels, fighting game exhibition, and free Play. 

  • Saturday and Sunday June 11-12, 2022 12 – 6 pm EST
  • Hybrid on Discord and at Samsung 837, 837 Washington Street New York NY
  • This is a masked and vaccinated event
  • FREE TO THE PUBLIC – REGISTRATION REQUIRED: www.gaymers.nyc/registration 

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