![]() ![]() If someone's actually not degrading towards you and is really friendly to you, just start building that and add them as a friend and just start building that support group of people that you can play with that aren't going to degrade you or going to be creepy towards you. You just have to find people and add them as a friend. There are lots of men out there that would, in the most non-creepy way, love to have female people on the team. She said: "I think having a good support group is important because there are people who will enjoy you. They call me slurs and then teabag me and stuff like that."Īs a result of having to put up with targeted and frequent harassment, Annie has built up a great system to combat it and is an advocate for inclusivity and representation in gaming and esports. ![]() There are definitely a few cases where people have known about me and have called me like slurs like every single round. But I don't think there's been much targeted harassment towards me in the past week, which is nice. I think it's a lot different at lower ranks where men, in particular, feel very insecure and kind of take it out on the other people around them. "For the most part though at high ranks, I haven't really experienced too much harassment. It's just the unfortunate reality of being an internet personality. I expect that at least on a daily basis that I'm going to be harassed by at least one person. If we got pushed out, that's exactly what they want, and so the best way to not let them win is to definitely be open, and be proud, and be resilient - I think it's a big thing. I'm very open about it because I feel like it's important in getting acceptance and representation out there for people to feel comfortable, and not be pushed out of the gaming space - because we do deserve the space. I don't really have the luxury of being able to just hide my status. She said: "It's just the unfortunate reality of being not only a woman in gaming, but also LGBT and being openly LGBT. ![]() I expect that at least on a daily basis that I'm going to be harassed by at least one person.Īlongside that, she also gave GGRecon some insight as to what life as a female LGBT gaming personality is like. It’s always the insignificant people with no followers that will try to tear you down, their own failures in life make them angry at those who have succeeded!- C9 Annie August 7, 2020 Lots of people being transphobic towards me because of my post, but I’m proud to be openly trans :) ![]()
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