Gay, transgenr players rtricted 'League of Legends' tourney (update)

26 Dec 2024

As eSports ntue to grow so too will the walks of life who participate. That's somethg that a League of Legends tournament anizer the Philipp has seemgly failed to realize wh the announcement of s upg "all feme" event dubbed The Iron Solari. In Garena Philipp' outle says that 's havg open discsns wh members of the LGBTQ muny about whether or not gay or transgenred women particular should be allowed to participate. Why's that? Fears of an unfair advantage. Y, really.

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After beg the target of homophobic ments durg a broadsted match, OhMyV33n took to Facebook to addrs the suatn.

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“I will e any platforms that I n to spread awarens about how homophobic slurs affect a member of LGBTQ+ and how to turn that negativy to spiratn to keep movg forward. Beg Amerin and openly gay, LS found himself the middle of xenophobic and homophobic attacks om T1’s hardre fans, cludg havg his grandmother doxxed.

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While queer players ntue to face homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of bigotry, the rabow glass ceilg n feel as dntg as ever before. As Lewis pots out, LS is an openly gay man; somethg that South Korea has been slow to accept.

O’Leary is gay, and ports has a history of beg ls than acceptg of LGBTQ muni.

Did you already self-intify as gay durg your time workg the smaller events? Everybody has jt sat here wag, some rpects, for athlet to e out as gay. <p>While Vi and Calyn have worked together via the lore before Arne released, 's safe to assume that all of sudnly started thkg they were gay when Calyn and Vi started to grow closer the show.