'Pride in competitive play': analyzing LGBTQ+ inclusivity in eSports through the incorporation of the Pride Movement in games

• Main Author: Teo, Ting Wei
• Other Authors: Patrick Williams
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168528
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the last decade especially, eSports has emerged as a competitive aspect of video games alongside rising LGBTQ+ activism through the Pride Movement. Yet, with eSports often perceived as a hegemonically masculine – ‘toxic’ – environment, how does its growth fit in with changing socio-political clim...