Gayming Awards 2024 set for June 25th, 2024

Now in its fourth year, the Gayming Awards, the world’s only LGBTQ video game award show, has confirmed today that it will air on June 25th, 2024, as part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming, hosted by DEERE and MiladyConfetti.

The ceremony will be broadcast across IGN’s channels and on Gayming Magazine’s Twitch, YouTube and TikTok channels at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm UK.

At the Gayming Awards 2024, the prestigious Gayming Icon Award will be presented to Jeremy Crawford. Jeremy is the lead rules designer of Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast. He is the lead designer of the new 2024 Player’s Handbook, and he led the design of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Monsters of the Multiverse, and the 2014 Player’s Handbook. He has also co-authored numerous other D&D books since joining Wizards in 2007. Jeremy is also one of the Dungeon Masters of the live-play show Acquisitions Incorporated, and he was included in Out Magazine’s Out100 for 2021.

The LGBTQ Streamer Rising Star Class of 2024 celebrates up-and-coming queer content creators who are making their mark in the streaming world. This year, the Class includes Twitch streamers DEVOGLAER, PearlTeese, SimplyAretha, Sukar Baba, and sinarynn. They will benefit from a major prize package from sponsor Logitech, as well as other prizes!

Viewers will also be able to see who wins in nine other categories including the brand-new LGBTQ Geek Entertainment Moment of the Year Award where The Last of Us, Doctor Who, Harley Quinn, Nimona, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and The Legend of Vox Machina are nominated. For a full list of nominees, see below.

The show is being produced by the creative powerhouse of Nathan Noyes and Ian Devoglaer (The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula) and will include a Spanish language co-stream on TikTok and a captioned stream on YouTube, greatly increasing the accessibility of the Gayming Awards.

Nominations for the 2024 Gayming Awards were announced on January 9, 2024, and include:

Game of the Year

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
• Final Fantasy 16 – Square Enix
• Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo
• Thirsty Suitors – Outerloop Games / Annapurna Interactive
• Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Summerfall Studios / Humble Games

Gayming Magazine Readers Award

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
• Final Fantasy 16 – Square Enix
• Goodbye Volcano High – KO_OP
• Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo
• Tchia – Awaceb / Kepler Interactive
• This Bed We Made – Lowbirth Games

Best LGBTQ Indie Game

• Coral Island – Stairway Games / Humble Games
• In Stars and Time – insertdisc5
• Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Summerfall Studios / Humble Games
• Tchia – Awaceb / Kelper Interactive
• Thirsty Suitors – Outerloop Games / Annapurna Interactive
• This Bed We Made – Lowbirth Games

LGBTQ Streamer of the Year

• Apothicdecay
• Eevoh
• Elix
• EspeSymone
• Halfmoonjoe
• MysticKittenn
• Sheilur
• SpringSims

Authentic Representation Award

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
• Coral Island – Stairway Games / Humble Games
• The Sims 4 – Maxis / EA Games
• The Expanse: A Telltale Series – Telltale Games / Deck Nine
• Thirsty Suitors – Outerloop Games / Annapurna Interactive
• This Bed We Made – Lowbirth Games

Best LGBTQ Character

• Aloy – Horizon Forbidden West
• Dame Aylin – Baldur’s Gate 3
• Dion Lesage – Final Fantasy 16
• Jala – Thirsty Suitors
• Shadowheart – Baldur’s Gate 3
• Tchia – Tchia

Industry Diversity Award

• Humble Games
• Larian Studios
• Latinx In Gaming
• Qweerty Gamers
• Roll7
• Women In Games International

Best LGBTQ Contribution to Esports Award

• Bailey McCann
• Bethany “Indyburgh” Pyles
• Cora Kennedy
• Emma “Emzii” Rose
• Slaypex & Kylie Gabor
• Team Overture

LGBTQ Geek Entertainment Moment of the Year Award

• Doctor Who: The Star Beast – Bad Wolf & BBC Studios
• Harley Quinn – DC Studios & Warner Brothers Animation
• Nimona – Netflix & Annapurna Pictures
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – Netflix
• The Last of Us: Long, Long Time: HBO
• The Legend of Vox Machina: Season 2 – Amazon Studios & Critical Role