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
Latest DIGIPRIDE Articles
- The best gay Stardew Valley mods you need in your life
- 2Gether@2K aims to be an inclusive space for 2K employees
- Meet the mind behind the world’s very first VR LGBTQ+ museum
- Keywords Studios showed off their Pride this June
- Humble Bundle launches ‘Play With Pride’ Bundle
- Streamer Spotlight: CocoeCake
- Ashly Burch comes out as queer
- Season of Pride 2022 Celebration kicks off July 1
- CMSA and Gayming partner for DIGIPRIDE 2022 esports events
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes says bisexual rights
- Comics Corner – ‘Young Men in Love’ will make you fall in love with romance comics
- Rainbow Arcade announces new team leads
- Dead by Daylight highlights the GaymerX consultation process with David King
- Dead by Daylight dating sim Hooked on You introduces Killers, spin the bottle, and more
- Jackbox Games celebrated Pride with charity streams for Howard Brown Health
- Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers and creating a game for everyone
- Queer comic ‘The Homo Heroes’ saves the day this Pride
- RockLove Jewelry releases Magic: The Gathering line
- Dragon’s Reign: A Gay Fantasy Romance brings storytelling back to the way it used to be
- Rainbow Royale returns for a second year in Fortnite
- Rocket League celebrates Pride with special Shine Through bundle
- Can you be gay in The Quarry?
- Saints Row Boss Factory: A Review from a Queer and Trans perspective
- Dead by Daylight’s Pride #IntoTheRainbow event smashes fundraiser goal
- How MomoMisfortune led the charge for a Sims 4 pronoun update
- All of the LGBTQ+ games shown during Summer Game Fest 2022
- The Last of Us show and multiplayer get updates at Summer Game Fest
- Xbox Pride Controller Design Lab Review
- Zynga celebrates Pride Month with LGBTQ+ in-game events
- Poorly Timed Games is using lessons from Bungie to further their own diversity efforts
- Xbox celebrates Pride 2022 with new controller design, free games, charity and DIGIPRIDE