Robin Gray interview: How The Gayming Awards will celebrate diversity and inclusivity in person
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Robin Gray launched The Gayming Awards in 2021 as an online event to celebrate LGBTQ+ video games, and this year the event will be held in person for the first time at the Troxy Theater in London on April 25.
I interviewed Gray, who started Gayming Magazine in 2019, about the awards and he is looking forward to a day of inspiration for LGBTQ+ developers and fans. The magazine now reaches about 1.5 million people a month.
“There has been a notable rise, over the past five years or so, of positive representations of LGBTQ people in games, and really good contributions now as far as staffing LGBTQ people in the game industry,” Gray said.
He noted that games represent a unique opportunity to let people walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, thanks to the interactivity of games. And with better representation of LGBTQ+ people among game characters, the medium can do a lot of good for recognizing diversity and inclusion. Julia Hardy will host the evening, which will be expanded to embrace other elements of geek culture, including comic books, esports, and tabletop gaming. This year’s Game of the Year nominees include Boyfriend Dungeon – Kitfox Games; Life is Strange True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix; Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios; and Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle.
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