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Gaming Awards are a celebration of global LGBTQ+ video game excellence. This event will take place on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at the Margaritaville Resort Palm Springs.

The Gayming Awards are the world’s first and only award ceremony celebrating all that is great about LGBTQ video gaming. Launched in 2021, the Awards set out to celebrate the achievements within the global gaming culture that represent and champion the LGBTQ experience.

The Gayming Awards is an initiative from Gayming Magazine, the world’s first LGBTQ video game magazine which launched in 2019 in the U.K. Read more about the Gayming Awards at their website.

Categories:

Game of the Year 

• The Game of the Year Award celebrates the best game released in 2023, as chosen by our diverse panel of judges.

Gayming Magazine Readers Award – sponsored by Devolver Digital

• This award celebrates Gayming Magazine readers’ favourite game of 2023.

Best LGBTQ Indie Game – powered by TikTok

• Indie games allow more personal and diverse stories to be told, yet regularly are overlooked for awards. This award acknowledges the best indie game made by an independent developer which is focussed on telling an LGBTQ story, or heavily features an LGBTQ element. 

LGBTQ Streamer of the Year

• Streaming is one of the great new entertainment frontiers and LGBTQ streamers play a huge part in bringing together communities of likeminded people. This award is for the most popular LGBTQ streamer, as chosen by the watching public.

Authentic Representation Award 

• Authentic representation of the LGBTQ experience is an important part of the modern entertainment world. This award recognises the best example of authentic LGBTQ representation in a game. 

Best LGBTQ Character

• The inclusion of LGBTQ characters in games is hugely important and can be a bold step for visibility. This award recognises the best LGBTQ character (playable or significant NPC) in a game. 

Industry Diversity Award 

• Greater diversity in the games industry makes for greater diversity in games. This award celebrates the organisation who has done a significant amount of work in promoting, developing and championing diversity in the global games industry.

Best LGBTQ Contribution to Esports Award

• This award recognises the contribution of a person or organisation who has done a significant amount of work in promoting, developing and championing diversity in esports.

LGBTQ Geek Entertainment Moment of the Year Award

• This award celebrates the best queer moment in geeky TV or movies from this past year.

Gayming Icon Award

• The Gayming Icon award is given to an individual that has significantly contributed towards furthering the status and increasing the visibility of the LGBTQ+ community in the gaming industry. 

LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class of ’24 – sponsored by Logitech G

• The Gayming Awards Rising Star Class of 2024 will consist of six streamers, all of which have made incredible strides in their streaming career over the last year and have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ world within the gaming space.

Schedule:

• 5pm - Award show commences
• 6.30pm - Awards show concludes
• 7pm - Official after party commences
• Midnight - Official after party concludes.