The Gayest Panel at TwitchCon 2019
In what has become a TwitchCon tradition, six LGBTQA+ streamers gathered to discuss the state of their community on Twitch.
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In what has become a TwitchCon tradition, six streamers who happen to be members of the LGBTQA+ community gathered to discuss the state of their community on Twitch. The conclave is known as The Gayest Panel at TwitchCon and it is always worth checking out.
This year’s panelists were Samanom, GreenDumpling, Bloody, mischacrossing, and Nikatine with host was Adam Kobel. Topics of discussion ranged from how to make LGBTQA+ streams accessible for viewers who are not part of the community to how to deal with trolls in chat and many things in between. Some specific solutions recommended to the accessibility question included making conversations about queerness casual and comfortable. The VOD for this specific panel have not been cut but you can find it here and starts at the 03:14:48 timestamp.
“Unlike many TwitchCon Panels, which tend to be about a fairly specific topic, The Gayest Panel tends to meander a bit and panelists tend to disagree with each other a bit more. This is because of the magnitude of the topic but it also makes for one of the more interesting discussions of the show. Many of the suggestions made by one streamer would be respectfully challenged or questioned by other panelists and topics would blend into one another or get brought back up in relation to another question.
This mildly contentious streak among the panelists showed most in the Question and Answer section of the discussion. Questions about dealing with internal divisiveness in the LGBTQA+ community or meeting people to date on the internet prompting varied responses from the panel.
One thing the panel could agree on was the fact that Final Fantasy XIV is the gayest MMO. Another was that Twitch’s decision to include “Allies” in their description of the LGBTQA tag is confusing and encourages people who are not part of the community to stream as part of it by mistake.
While there were some terrible things that happened at TwitchCon this year, it’s great that at least one panel represents a community coming together to support each other.
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