Pride Month Streamer Spotlight: Toph on Twitch
June is the time of the year when queer people come together to celebrate Pride Month, and it is a great occasion to uplift the voices of LGBTQIA+ Twitch streamers. The Stonewall riots indirectly started Pride Month, honoring the time when the Stonewall Inn was raided by the police because of LGBT activity in 1969. After the uprising, which went on from June 28 to July 3, the next year a march was arranged to celebrate those involved in the riots, eventually leading to June becoming Pride Month in 2000.
The month has since become a multimedia effort paving the way for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community. To the same end, Game Rant is conducting a series of interviews with queer Twitch streamers such as Toph, a comfy-cozy streamer who recently took part in Twitch's Pride Month and Hispanic Heritage Month. Toph is a variety Twitch streamer with a focus on Nintendo games, particularly theAnimal Crossing series where he created and set his own podcast.
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Toph has been on Twitch for five years, and previously was on YouTube too, with one goal being to create a safe space for LGBTQIA+ individuals — a place to feel welcome and accepted, no questions asked. Toph's channel has been featured on the front page of Twitch, and a streaming career has offered him ways of creating a community of like-minded people. Positivity has been an important part of Toph's platform over the years.
It has not always an easy task for queer streamers or content creators to keep a positive outlook when being open about one's gender identity or sexuality also means potentially becoming a target. By being openly gay, Toph managed to get to know more people and to talk more deeply about LGBTQIA+ themes, thus
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